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moose65

(3,397 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:22 AM Friday

Gas prices

Conservatives and MAGAs keep posting that gas prices have declined since Trump became president, which isn’t true, of course. The day Trump took office, the average price for regular gas in the US was $3.12 per gallon. Today, it’s $3.20 per gallon according to AAA.

Also interesting: on this date last year the average price was $3.30. It won’t be long until we’ll be seeing that gas was cheaper a year ago. I like to post stuff like that on Threads to get the MAGAs in a snit. 😃

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Gas prices (Original Post) moose65 Friday OP
gas Maninacan Friday #1
$3.49 per gallon yesterday. Biden $2.99 per gallon Emile Friday #2
As Trump tariffs undermine our economy and devalue the US dollar bucolic_frolic Friday #3
Where I buy my gas $2.79 the day Trump took office, today $2.99. nt doc03 Friday #4
Yep moose65 Friday #5
I remember D_Master81 Friday #6
$3.32 is the average here in our city in WNY... EarthFirst Friday #7
It goes up and down .20-.50 a day around here durablend Friday #8
Interesting moose65 Friday #9

bucolic_frolic

(52,235 posts)
3. As Trump tariffs undermine our economy and devalue the US dollar
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:31 AM
Friday

it won't be just gas prices that go up. Everything will be revalued. All assets and inputs. He is grabbing assets, minting bitcoin, and profiting from the devaluation. We are all going broke in the process.

D_Master81

(2,171 posts)
6. I remember
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:47 AM
Friday

I remember seeing so many conservative memes last year during the election showing that gas was like $1.60 when Trump was in office and it had doubled or more under Biden. I got tired of correcting the fact that it was because of Covid and not trump that they were that low. Election Day I remember seeing someone post “it’s Election Day! Remember to set your gas prices back to $1.60 and interest rates to below 4%”

EarthFirst

(3,797 posts)
7. $3.32 is the average here in our city in WNY...
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:16 PM
Friday

$3.39 this morning without having to go out of my way during my morning commute.

The metro average one year ago was $3.45

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