WASHINGTON — Anyone listening to President Donald Trump’s speeches has heard him say it and say it again: Gas prices are dropping on his watch, making life more affordable.
The day before he launched the war against Iran, he appeared in Corpus Christi, Texas, and said that “right here,” gas prices had fallen below $2.30 a gallon.
“I just left Iowa two weeks ago: $1.99. And then I passed another one: $1.85. It’s happening. It’s happening,” he added.
On Thursday, Trump’s message shifted.
He posted on social media that when oil prices rise, as they are now, “we make a lot of money” because of America’s energy dominance.
“The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” he wrote.
Who he meant by “we,” he didn’t say. Oil companies are profiting from rising prices triggered by the Iran war, but
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