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In reply to the discussion: I Really Don't Care [View all]

TheProle

(4,134 posts)
1. Oh he cares
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:51 PM
May 22
The $5.02 ghost: Trump’s team faces a symbolic blow to one of its favorite economic talking points
Trump officials are "absolutely, totally freaked" about the political symbolism of breaking Biden's high gas price record.

And Biden’s high mark is one that Trump and leading administration officials have used as a yardstick to show the prior administration was worse for Americans.

But with the Iran war in its third month, and no end in sight, there is little the administration can do except watch the figures tick up day after day.

“There is a lot of anxiety that they have not been able to close a deal,” said one of the former Trump energy advisers.


https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/the-5-02-ghost-trumps-team-braces-for-a-symbolic-blow-to-one-of-their-favorite-economic-talking-points-00932878?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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I Really Don't Care [View all] groundloop May 22 OP
Oh he cares TheProle May 22 #1
From a purely selfish perspective I don't care if gas goes even higher. groundloop May 22 #3
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I WISH gas was under $5 lapfog_1 May 22 #2
The coat, the hair and the hands. Excellent. twodogsbarking May 22 #5
Thank Dog for political artists! BigmanPigman May 22 #6
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