He is trying to drain Americans of all their economic resources to help his oil industry supporters.

IMHO, which is, BTW, distorted, though YMMV.

of those who make it more profitable for him. He's just about squeezed every penny he can from the MAGA cult, so now it's on to the next sucker, whoever that may be.

... but what is YMMV?

Thank you.

"Before the Nov midterms" being key to this calculus. It's all about the votes. Beyond that, he doesn't care if we all die.

If gas is cheap his supporters don't give a shit if he pours it all over the Constitution and lights it on fire but if they have to pay a dollar a gallon more they'll revolt. Gas and the stock market, he knows if the market is high and gas is low he's free to go full dictator.

their hero, Dimwit Donnie. They don't care what he says or does until his actions affect them. When that happens, all of a sudden they becomed concerned while desperately searching for a way to blame Biden.

the oil companies are enjoying record profits. So no, they damned sure ain't gonna' increase production.

There is an environmental upside to higher gas prices. People are driving less so there's a little less crap in the air. Dimwit Donnie is inadvertently helping the environment. Bounce that one off your MAGAt neighbors and coworkers and watch their heads explode.

Would give us an overwhelming majority in the House & Senate IMHO.

Just like Bush.IDIOT did except Trump got the price to $4.00 per gallon in Wichita in a flash compared to how long it took Bush.

and figured I better get it now before it goes up again (I usually top off when my tank is at half).

I got better news reporting from my beloved Mad Magazine.

He doesn't give a fuck about the people. He is there to help the oligarchs, including the fossil fuel industry.

The supply shortages in other parts of the world are impacting the prices here in the US.

Oil companies are raking in some sweet revenue. So why would they want to increase their costs and lower revenue just to help consumers with lower prices at the pump? Maybe next he'll give them some more tax cuts to trickle down to us.

1) they can't increase production, we are at max
2) they faster they produce the faster they start running out, it's a finite resource.
3) there job is to maximize profit not production, that's why they backed tsf

and so was the invasion of Iran.