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White House officials are bracing for oil prices to surge past the $150-a-barrel mark as the Iran war stretches into its second month and the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, according to a new report.

In recent weeks, the average cost of a barrel of crude has hovered around $100, a figure that the Trump administration now sees as the new “baseline,” though a potential spike to $200 hasn’t been ruled out, a source familiar with the matter told Politico.

As a result, officials have entered “all hands on deck” mode, urgently evaluating options to tame soaring oil prices — which pushed gas above $4 a gallon this week and risks inflating costs across the broader economy.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (8 children)

The only big difference between Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump is that Hitler didn't sexually abuse children.

Comparisons:

  • never drinks alcohol
  • tariff war which is worst for themselves
  • oil shortages by bad planning
  • declaring wars
  • stealing Nobel peace prize (was Goebbles, but whatever)
  • fucking up the economy
  • started a world war
  • is senile AF
  • blames minorities for everything
  • wants to get rid of minorities by any means necessary
  • doesn't care about rules or laws, human rights or war crimes
  • wants to build megalomaniac buildings
  • only recognizes self appointed judges
  • builds a close circle of radicalized idiots around him who can't say no to him
  • empoweres criminal enterprises, surrounds himself with and protects criminals, steals from the poor, creates a regime enriching itself illegally

Should I continue?

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

He doesn't drink? Really? I'm kinda surprised at that.

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Don’t forget the uncontrollable farting.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Except maybe his niece

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The cost of diesel, the lifeblood of the U.S. economy powering freight and manufacturing, also pushed past $5 a gallon this month, marking the highest rate since 2022. Experts have warned that the elevated price of diesel, made from crude oil, will trigger knock-on effects on groceries, shipping and construction.

Around 80% of Americans live in cities, where there is nowhere to grow realistically self-sustaining quantities of food. If people can’t buy groceries because it’s no longer economically viable to ship food products to stores, what’s the point of anything else?

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 39 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

The Sociopathic Oligarchs see the Dow as the leading indicator of the economy, and never notice gas prices.

But to the average American, the price of GAS is the leading economic indicator, and that number psychologically symbolizes the health of the economy in their minds. That number is displayed on every corner in the country, and every American passes it many times a day, driving it into their skulls.

This is NOT good for MAGA, and a reckoning is coming. MAGA is feral, and when they feel cornered, wounded, and scared, they will strike out ferociously. It's going to get uglier before it gets better.

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tal@lemmy.today 21 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

https://www.amazon.com/100pcs-Trump-Stickers-Donald-Merchandise/dp/B0DVSW4WD8

100pcs Trump I Did that Stickers Gas Pump Stickers Decal, Anti Trump Stickers, Fuck Donald Trump Mega Merchandise

5K+ bought in past month

https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Did-That-Stickers-2-5inch/dp/B0DWN53KXY

Trump I Did that Stickers, 2.5inch I Did that Trump Sticker 100PCS

10K+ bought in past month

So if each of those sticker packs has 100 stickers, and people have bought over fifteen thousand packs in the past month alone on those two Amazon items (and there are more) alone, that's over 1.5 million gas pumps that you'd need if you were going to use just those sticker packs.

https://www.fuelexpress.net/blog/general-information/how-many-gas-stations-are-in-the-us/

As of recent estimates, there are about 160,000 gas stations across the United States.

Like, people are going to have to be putting them on in layers or something. I don't think that there are enough gasoline pumps.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

I don't think that there are enough gasoline pumps.

Remember, you have to put one on both sides of the pump in many places. And then you've got places like Buc-ee's with 120 pumps.

So I think you're actually underestimating by a lot!

[–] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago

Yeah but it's not the only thing he did. There's plenty of things to stick them on

[–] protist@retrofed.com 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You can put them on other things too, like gas station toilets and portapotties

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Donald only uses toilets to dispose of secret documents.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 110 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I really want to see Iran say they'll reopen it only after trump is personally handed over to stand trial for his war crimes...

It will never work, but it'll fracture his support and more importantly he'll be ome convinced it's gonna happen and start turning on his own cronies even if they're loyal.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 62 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Except it's going to devastate a lot of people financially who don't deserve it. So ireally don't find it funny.

But if gas hits that high it will devastate rural areas and the people who voted for this

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Who is it going to financially devastate? Most Americans have no investments, no savings, and no retirement. 10,000% inflation is almost as hard to deal with as 50% for people living paycheck to paycheck already. For the investors/ruling class, a free falling dollar does a lot more damage.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 24 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

30% of the American public voted for these grifting idiots, not just the president, but his enablers too. This slightly disproportionately affects rural areas. We should be getting off of gas and investing in green energy anyway.

I choose to laugh. It's better than what the people of Iran got out of it.

Man, I wonder if a better president would have come up with some kind of treaty to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

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[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

If this doesn’t devastate those fuckers I hope literally anything else does. They need to pay.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 4 points 16 hours ago

Pay the piper now or pay him later when the earth rises 2C over global average due to no one changing their habits.

Idle hands are the devil’s playground.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 9 points 18 hours ago

Trump and Netanyahu.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 47 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The best part is that even if everything in the Strait were to return to normal tomorrow, the oil price shock is just barely beginning to filter through the system, so there's absolutely nothing Trump can do to stop what he caused.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

"there's absolutely nothing Trump can do to stop what he caused."

Assuming he won't just abandon it and make it someone else's problem, like he does with literally everything else he touches.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Oh yeah. Global logistics with slow-boat tankers are scheduled multiple months in advance to keep the machine flowing. With every single route now completely thrown awry, there's no going back for at least a year.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 31 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

FUCK EVERYONE BUY TOILET PAPER

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 13 hours ago

You had me at FUCK EVERYONE

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago

Bidet babay

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The GOP already knows that they have lost the majority, so they try every trick in the book to keep non-republicans from voting. But with those gas prices, even hardcore country yokels who voted for anything with "REP" to it, dead or alive, might start thinking about this.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 hours ago

If you live in the city there's probably a bus that runs nearby even if it sucks. If you live in rural Montana you probably try though F-150 over a dozen miles to the nearest grocery store

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Do it. First war and now gas prices. Two huge sore points for his base.

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 18 hours ago

You stupid fucking asshole.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

When is trump not a nightmare scenario?

[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

On March 20, he fumed that NATO allies have refused to help secure the strait, but he later appeared unconcerned. “At a certain point it will open itself,” he said.

I'd say that that sounds promising for EV manufacturers.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

He really expects everything to "open itself" for him like some sex worker with "9th layer of Hell" standards.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

[laughs in public transit]

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 11 points 14 hours ago

[cries in hunger due to fertiliser shortage]

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 16 points 17 hours ago (7 children)

Do you sometimes find yourself needing to buy things? Those need to be shipped to the places where you buy them. And the parts they're made of need to be shipped to the places where they're manufactured. You pay for all that when you buy them.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 7 points 18 hours ago

Trump in general is a nightmare.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, preparing to be even bigger assholes to hold onto power and avoid accountability.

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 1 points 14 hours ago

The preparations are who to blame, how to grift, and not a single thing to help anybody else in any conceivable way

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