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Walleye

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1. I wish Trump could read a whole paragraph like that.

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Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:21 AM

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He doesn’t begin to understand the international oil market and he doesn’t mind misleading his Maga followers. There’s no such thing as “our oil“ it all belongs to the oil companies that pump it out. They pay for leases on our ground prices, determined by international supply and demand. It’s really not that difficult, if you think about it.

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'If We Net Export Oil, Why Are Gas Prices Going Up?' [View all] sop Sunday OP

I wish Trump could read a whole paragraph like that. Walleye Sunday #1

Due to our old refineries and the different grades of oil, we export 10 million barrels per day and import 8 million bbl surfered Sunday #2