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BumRushDaShow

(169,219 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:09 PM 6 hrs ago

Trump Official Says Americans 'Have To Offer The President Grace' On Rising Prices

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 22nd, 2026, 2:46 pm


Trump Transportation secretary Sean Duffy pleaded for “grace” for President Donald Trump Sunday as Americans continued to struggle with the high cost of living. Duffy appeared on ABC News’s This Week where Jonathan Karl asked if Americans should hold off on buying airline tickets now that oil prices are skyrocketing due to the Iran war.

United Airlines’s CEO said last week that he’s bracing for $175 a barrel for crude oil, which could make the cost of an airplane ticket prohibitive for average Americans.

“Well, we haven’t seen a significant spike in tickets because of this conflict,” Duffy said. “Now, Scott Kirby from United said he could see oil prices go up to $170. I think airlines do well when they plan for the worst and hope for the best. So, that’s what I think is happening there.” “But I think we have to offer the president grace,” Duffy said, continuing:

We know the president cares about the economy, gas prices for the American people. He’s talked about that frequently and often. He also cares about peace, and a lot of people don’t give him credit for that. But he’s proud of the conflicts that he resolves and he doesn’t want to see conflict. I hear him talk behind closed doors about the number of young men and women who are lost in battles around the world. He cares about that.


Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-official-says-americans-have-to-offer-the-president-grace-on-rising-prices/



The sudden "woe is me/have pity" "charm offensive" today.


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Trump Official Says Americans 'Have To Offer The President Grace' On Rising Prices (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
The hell we do! buzzycrumbhunger 6 hrs ago #1
F T S !!!! thomski64 6 hrs ago #4
GFY, Duffy. greatauntoftriplets 6 hrs ago #2
It's a con game every step of the way bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #3
I hear the sound of Joe Biden laughing BeyondGeography 6 hrs ago #5
"But I think we have to offer the president grace, Whip-poor-will 5 hrs ago #6
Oh no honey bunny. He will just give us the tariff rebates and that will do for a while. GreenWave 5 hrs ago #7
Rofl Rebl2 3 hrs ago #35
Should we also sacrifice a goat for him? DBoon 5 hrs ago #8
What, like he's worshipped as a false idol or something? Beartracks 3 hrs ago #34
Yes.............. Lovie777 5 hrs ago #9
Well.. what kind of grace comes from homeless and starving people... ananda 5 hrs ago #10
How about you go eat shit and die, Duffy? Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #11
Instead. Cha 41 min ago #54
Only If "Grace" Is A Synonym For "Cyanide." ColoringFool 5 hrs ago #12
Earlier,Bessent said we needed to give him empathy. So, now it's grace and empathy..here ya go 🖕🖕 Deuxcents 5 hrs ago #13
Bessent, Hassett and Duffy vapor2 58 min ago #50
I'll say grace sorcrow 5 hrs ago #14
What a loon. mdbl 5 hrs ago #15
Yeah, because whenever anyone thinks of Trump the word that immediately springs to mind is "grace." sop 5 hrs ago #16
Just like Republicans showed "Grace" to President Biden when he tried to clean up Trump's covid mess Chasstev365 5 hrs ago #17
Chump deserves the same amount of "grace" that he showed to Robert Mueller FakeNoose 5 hrs ago #18
What a bunch of malarky! sheshe2 5 hrs ago #19
The word "grace" markodochartaigh 5 hrs ago #20
Figured it was some shit Cha 39 min ago #55
What Trump deserves is ______________. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #21
Prison. buzzycrumbhunger 5 hrs ago #24
WHY catrose 5 hrs ago #22
Must not be the Biden economy anymore BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #23
We'll all be saying grace when Orrex's daily threads come true IronLionZion 5 hrs ago #25
Yep, I no longer care how "it" happens. Just get it done. Talitha 2 hrs ago #43
BOO! it's all B S. PEDOPREZ doesn't talk about the fallen soldiers Bread and Circuses 5 hrs ago #26
Grace for IT is waaaaay above my pay grade. LoisB 5 hrs ago #27
Geez... Spazito 4 hrs ago #28
Would he offer me grace? pwb 4 hrs ago #29
We'll show him the same "grace" he shows us. It won't be pretty. Vinca 4 hrs ago #30
Bullshit. SergeStorms 4 hrs ago #31
yes, the way repukes did for Biden Skittles 4 hrs ago #32
Grace? The guy wants grace? patphil 4 hrs ago #33
Worse is that thousands listened and believed that bullshit. live love laugh 3 hrs ago #36
How about the same "grace" they extended to Biden? JohnnyRingo 2 hrs ago #37
Who is he to ask us for anything, at all? Baitball Blogger 2 hrs ago #38
THE HELL THEY DO! CousinIT 2 hrs ago #39
No we don't Deminpenn 2 hrs ago #40
What happened to the important issue of 'affordability'? Norrrm 2 hrs ago #41
Were Joe Biden, Kamala Harris & other Democrats given any grace in 2024? MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #42
Well starting a war to explain why prices are still rising is one way to cover your ass. cstanleytech 2 hrs ago #44
NO! Scarlet Begalas 2 hrs ago #45
Like the "grace" they gave Joe Biden? nt Blasphemer 1 hr ago #46
spraytan pigman doesn't care about anything but spraytan pigman. And he has NEVER shown "grace." Grokenstein 1 hr ago #47
Duffy is full of it gohuskies 1 hr ago #48
Begging for grace and empathy? So now Trump is being pushed as an object of pity. Solly Mack 1 hr ago #49
Hey Fascist Fucks... We "have to" Do NO Cha 48 min ago #51
Sorry, Elon says grace and empathy equal weakness johnnyfins 47 min ago #52
While most would likely be tolorant of a special needs child Attilatheblond 43 min ago #53
What A Joke DallasNE 23 min ago #56
On day one! BidenRocks 3 min ago #57

bucolic_frolic

(54,998 posts)
3. It's a con game every step of the way
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:14 PM
6 hrs ago

Don't believe a word they say as they try to control your mind.

Beartracks

(14,563 posts)
34. What, like he's worshipped as a false idol or something?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:51 PM
3 hrs ago

Oh, wait...





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Deuxcents

(26,736 posts)
13. Earlier,Bessent said we needed to give him empathy. So, now it's grace and empathy..here ya go 🖕🖕
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:28 PM
5 hrs ago

sorcrow

(678 posts)
14. I'll say grace
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:29 PM
5 hrs ago

I'll say grace when we put out his syphilitic carcass for the buzzards to eat. Amen

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

mdbl

(8,614 posts)
15. What a loon.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:31 PM
5 hrs ago

He's asking us to have grace for a big F-up who is wasting approaching trillions and is taxing the shit out of anyone not a billionaire?

sop

(18,504 posts)
16. Yeah, because whenever anyone thinks of Trump the word that immediately springs to mind is "grace."
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:32 PM
5 hrs ago

Chasstev365

(7,705 posts)
17. Just like Republicans showed "Grace" to President Biden when he tried to clean up Trump's covid mess
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:34 PM
5 hrs ago

Fuck off Republicans!

IronLionZion

(51,194 posts)
25. We'll all be saying grace when Orrex's daily threads come true
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:04 PM
5 hrs ago

we'll be very thankful. Bless us O Lord.

Bread and Circuses

(1,994 posts)
26. BOO! it's all B S. PEDOPREZ doesn't talk about the fallen soldiers
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:09 PM
5 hrs ago

And Grace ! Grace is a GIFT given to those who show compassion and kindness or who are suffering .

They are twisting everything upside down.

I hope Hell is expanding ! All republicans will be there !

SergeStorms

(20,516 posts)
31. Bullshit.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:40 PM
4 hrs ago

I've been putting Trump "I Did That" stickers on every gas pump in western New York for the past 2 weeks. And the price just keeps going up, Up, UP, UP!

patphil

(9,023 posts)
33. Grace? The guy wants grace?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:55 PM
4 hrs ago

I'll give him about as much grace as his ICE holes give to immigrants.

JohnnyRingo

(20,844 posts)
37. How about the same "grace" they extended to Biden?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 10:15 PM
2 hrs ago

Or the bipartisanship when Obama was in the Oval Office.

CousinIT

(12,514 posts)
39. THE HELL THEY DO!
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 10:22 PM
2 hrs ago

That economically illiterate sociopath doesn’t get ONE IOTA of grace from me.

EVER. For any reason, under any circumstance, at any time.

THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA AND THE ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMY IS HIS FAULT!

ALL of it.

MustLoveBeagles

(16,190 posts)
42. Were Joe Biden, Kamala Harris & other Democrats given any grace in 2024?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 10:32 PM
2 hrs ago

No? Well the RW's can fuck right off.

Grokenstein

(6,347 posts)
47. spraytan pigman doesn't care about anything but spraytan pigman. And he has NEVER shown "grace."
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:27 PM
1 hr ago

Who does Duffy think he's fooling?

gohuskies

(1,228 posts)
48. Duffy is full of it
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:49 PM
1 hr ago

If this was President Biden, he and the rest of this fascist cabal would make impeachment their effing goal. Costing the lives and crashing the economy while begging and condemning our allies in favor of Putin is treason. This 'president' is breaking the country not to mention laws domestic and internationally. He is a global menace.

Solly Mack

(96,899 posts)
49. Begging for grace and empathy? So now Trump is being pushed as an object of pity.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:57 PM
1 hr ago

And now we are supposed to feel sorry for the billionaire president?

I don't think so.

Cha

(318,767 posts)
51. Hey Fascist Fucks... We "have to" Do NO
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:26 AM
48 min ago

such thing.

Have pity on the Der Furher Fuck face.

Attilatheblond

(8,836 posts)
53. While most would likely be tolorant of a special needs child
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:31 AM
43 min ago

We WILL NOT offer any grace or forbearance of a child rapist and decades long thief.

The man is nearly 80. If people had held him accountable for his behavior decades ago, we would not be in the mess he has created.

No means no and the Trump mob needs to accept that we will give no grace and no pardon to any of them.

DallasNE

(8,002 posts)
56. What A Joke
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:51 AM
23 min ago

Did this guy miss what Trump said about Mueller passing? He cares only about himself and his bank account.

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