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re: The President: America benefits when oil prices increase

Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:30 pm to
Posted by Spankum
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Member since Jan 2007
62239 posts
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:30 pm to
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President Donald Trump said that America benefits when oil prices increase because the nation is the world's biggest oil producer,



While this is true, we are also the largest oil consumer in the world….and we consume about twice as much as we produce…
Posted by RelicBatches86
Florida
Member since Nov 2024
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Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:36 pm to
Posted by TooFyeToFly
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2012
2298 posts
Posted on 3/12/26 at 10:04 pm to
He works for the rich only. None of this is new.
Posted by chrome_daddy
LA (Lower Ashvegas)
Member since May 2004
2561 posts
Posted on 3/12/26 at 10:27 pm to
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The 85 dollars I just spent at the pump disagrees
Rookie numbers...since like early 2000's for me and the F three fiddy...
Posted by hubertcumberdale
Member since Nov 2009
7326 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 3:27 am to
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Rookie numbers...since like early 2000's for me and the F three fiddy...


Wanna take a ride in my hummer?
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29829 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 3:57 am to
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And I think people are still waiting for the wall he promised he would start building the day he got into office.. in his first term.


...you do realize he built miles of new infrastructure along the wall/fence.

Add to it... His joke about mexico paying for it, they actually DID start constructing a huge section as well.

quote:

OweO


I'm an idiot for taking the time to reply to you.
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
12195 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 4:06 am to
Trump will say anything and his support will believe and defend it.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
14603 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 4:22 am to
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you do realize he built miles of new infrastructure along the wall/fence.






quote:

I'm an idiot

Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
12703 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 5:11 am to
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And I think people are still waiting for the wall he promised he would start building the day he got into office.. in his first term.


You know with a strong immigration policy, no tag a release of illegal immigrants, steep penalties for hiring illegal immigrants, no birth right citizenship, no immigrant access to welfare, and an immigration judiciary that deports, a physical barrier is not needed.

The barrier is there and if you do cross, you will not like it and be begging to go back.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
14603 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 5:34 am to
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steep penalties for hiring illegal immigrants

... as if it takes much thought to put Mexican, roofers, and ladders into one sentence



eta: (if your not from New York City)
This post was edited on 3/13/26 at 6:11 am
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
16976 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 5:41 am to
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Funny because just recently he was bragging about low prices and saying how much that helps the country. People believe anything that man says even when he contradicts himself from one day to another.


Yup.
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
47427 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 5:43 am to
Sir, the President Trump circle jerk is on the political talk board.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
49682 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 5:44 am to
I have heard in recent years that the price needs to be around 2.70 a gallon for everyone to win. Does this figure still hold true? At what price above that does it become a negative for most everyone?
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
25574 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 5:47 am to
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when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,


Most of the money THEY make is off of US, the American people.

This guy sucks, just like they all do.
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
14024 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 6:29 am to
Any of you whinny poors ever thought what happens to oil prices when Iran sets off a nuke in Israel, or even New York or D.C.?
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122169 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 6:55 am to
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a physical barrier is not needed.



Then why was this a big part of his campaign for the 2016 election? I am not saying I think a wall is needed, I am saying it was something he said he was going to do and he didn't.
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
25893 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:00 am to
You people laughed at me when I said the OT’s head would explode if they name the new bridge after Trump. This thread proves my theory.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21128 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:03 am to
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You people laughed at me when I said the OT’s head would explode if they name the new bridge after Trump. This thread proves my theory.

Did you mean to post this in the trump bridge thread? Weird thing to do with a non exploded head
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29224 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:09 am to
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I have heard in recent years that the price needs to be around 2.70 a gallon for everyone to win. Does this figure still hold true? At what price above that does it become a negative for most everyone?


The gasoline price can be a moving target, because of the taxes and such depending on state.

Billy Bob Thornton wasn't completely off base with his $75-82 range thing he said on the Landman show. I'd signed up today for $77/bbl oil steady for the next three years, rather than huge swings back and forth.

Comparing EIA monthly WTI and gasoline average data, when WTI averaged $75.74 per barrel for January 2025, the national gasoline price average was $3.076/gallon, and the Louisiana average for that month per Google AI was between $2.65-$2.77/gallon.

So if you're $2.70 figure is more for Gulf Coast region states like LA, MS, TX...it's probably a pretty good spot. I think the oil & gas industry would sign up for $75-79 for the next few years, giving predictability that is tough to have when you swing from as high as $85 in 2024, then as low as $58 in 2025, then now...potentially going to average back in the 80s for the month of March 2026.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42278 posts
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:09 am to
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President Donald Trump said that America benefits when oil prices increase because the nation is the world's biggest oil producer,


Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.

Oilfield corporations and companies benefit, but America at large does not. Cheaper oil and gas makes everything downstream of O&G (damn near everything) less expensive, which is better for every day people
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