Latest Breaking News

ChicagoTeamster

(1,488 posts)

7. They'll have to raise prices on all of the other products they sell to make a profit and then nobody will buy them

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 09:38 PM

23 hrs ago

Soon there will be gas stations closing along long stretches of rural highways and drivers will be running out of gas and then the vultures will come out and the rural crime rate will become an epidemic. Ever see the movie "The Hills have eyes"?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

5 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

BunnyMcGee wolfie001 csusan Prof. Toru Tanaka rpannier

45 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Trump urges gasoline retailers to lower prices, warns of 'big problems' if they don't [View all] AZProgressive 23 hrs ago OP

After millions in donations to TSF, they didn't know he owns them?! Gas at 2$ a gallon by midterms, or else! Deuxcents 23 hrs ago #1

... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #2

wait wut ? dweller 23 hrs ago #3

... SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #4

Gauge vs gouge what is the difference? Botany 22 hrs ago #10

So now US Govn't can tell what religion to beleive, what corporations will do, what a woman can do , which dave99 23 hrs ago #5

No gauging? UpInArms 23 hrs ago #6

It's pronounced "gow-ging" ... I imagine. QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #36

They'll have to raise prices on all of the other products they sell to make a profit and then nobody will buy them ChicagoTeamster 23 hrs ago #7

A two-bit felon walks into the headquarters of *the biggest mob boss in town*, who RockRaven 23 hrs ago #8

He doesn't have the balls to go after the oil companies. Haggard Celine 17 hrs ago #33

Business school grad thinks like a 3rd Grader Captain Zero 22 hrs ago #9

A president has that kind of power? It's that easy? SpankMe 22 hrs ago #11

Yup. No need for "policy" when you can just scream "I want it! I want it! I want it!" like a 5 year old, thesquanderer 22 hrs ago #16

OMG, this. ☝️ bamagal62 21 hrs ago #19

Maybe he'll emulate the rabid anti-Communist Nixon Pinback 22 hrs ago #12

God damned gaugers. truthisfreedom 22 hrs ago #13

Yawn. littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #14

"I don't understand [insert thing here], so f*ck you!" -Dump, probably sakabatou 22 hrs ago #15

but no warning to the oil companies azureblue 22 hrs ago #17

They're scared. bamagal62 21 hrs ago #18

The current spot price for physical delivery of gasoline is $2.88-2.96 VMA131Marine 21 hrs ago #20

He's probably scared the Republicans might lose 12 seats in the Senate. cstanleytech 21 hrs ago #21

Get the dart gun, Gramps needs a nap. Talitha 21 hrs ago #22

Truump campaigned on the promise of lowering energy prices to half. Norrrm 21 hrs ago #23

White Trash Hitler says what? SalamanderSleeps 20 hrs ago #24

The "big problems" are the midterm elections Martin Eden 20 hrs ago #25

The almighty "executive order"......................... Lovie777 20 hrs ago #27

Absolutely. His crime spree is gonna come to an abrupt end. OAITW r.2.0 20 hrs ago #28

Take 'em to court, Don! OAITW r.2.0 20 hrs ago #26

Sure, Mr Trump. Aussie105 20 hrs ago #29

I think he's sending a message to his people, the ones who will initiate the "big problems." Drum 20 hrs ago #30

Putting gas companies outta business? SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #31

As of Monday, AAA listed the national average for regular gasoline at $3.86 a gallon, down from about $4.50 in recent mo riversedge 19 hrs ago #32

So the President gets to decide the price of gasoline. Blumancru 14 hrs ago #34

He really believes in the free market, doesn't he? SamuelAdams 13 hrs ago #35

Just imagine what the media would be doing if Obama or Biden twitted that comment MoseShrute 12 hrs ago #37

Biden did in 2022 MichMan 6 hrs ago #44

Obama in 2011 blamed speculators MichMan 6 hrs ago #45

What about the gasoline wholesalers? mdbl 11 hrs ago #38

Back in 1968, I had an uncle who ran his own gas station. Not a convenience store. rickford66 11 hrs ago #39

Last I heard, Dump was considering removing some gas taxes to lower the price. Talitha 10 hrs ago #40

When he says "big trouble" the_liberal_grandpa 10 hrs ago #41

He thinks he can demand something and it will be so. He is a moron. Raftergirl 10 hrs ago #42

I think he's got fleas in his ears buzzing about the mid-terms Torchlight 9 hrs ago #43