Sad thing is he absolutely did do that. Unlike Biden who was blamed for the chaos that came from the pandemic.
*war in Ukraine
Edit: You people are insane with these downvotes. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Look at a graph of gas prices and see what happened right after that. The war in Ukraine was directly responsible for the gas price spike in 2022
Both, supply issues causes by economy restarting from covid as well as was in Ukraine that putin started.
Ironically that also supposed to be very quick as the one with Iran.
The sudden spike in prices that immediately followed Russia invading Ukraine had almost nothing to do with the economy
I didn't down vote you but, want to address your edit. You are absolutely right that war in Ukraine contributed to the price. And you are right that this spike had not much to do with the economy, but keep in mind that the restrictions were lifted I think in February as well pretty much simultaneously in all countries.
During restrictions people traveled less, so the demand for oil was lower, so in 2020 oil fields reduced output.
Now restrictions were lifted so demand increased, sanctions on Russia were imposed so demand on Persian Gulf also increased.
It takes few months to restart production from oil wells that were shut down, and then there's also few weeks delay as the tankers are transporting the oil.
I think both contributed to the spike.
Do you have a source on Feb '22 being some kind of turning point regarding covid restrictions? Having lived through COVID as a healthcare worker, I recall the timeline pretty acutely, and my memory is lockdowns were almost universally over by summer '20, the first vaccines were administered on a large scale in December '20, and activity increased progressively throughout 2021.
Meanwhile, the gas price spike occurred immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine, and concerns about oil supplies were plastered all over the financial news of the day
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/19/us/covid-mandates-vaccine-indoor-dining/
I remember, because all the conspiracy nuts were using it as an example that restrictions were bogus ("see? Covid was fake, as soon as we started they lifted all restrictions")
I think many people also forgot truckers in Canada blocking border transit demanding lifting restrictions. It was fun because when it started Canada already announced the date their restrictions will be lifted.
Frankly that whole thing smelled like Russian psyop (not only it started right before invasion, about restrictive that already were planned to be lifted, but also it's goal was to disrupt important supply chain and even tried to cause unrest (when someone tried to start a fire that could burn alive some residents as the person also locked exits)
Well, Biden did blow up a pipe line that supplied Russian gas to Europe. He also did nothing to improve the horrible situation in Venezuela that Trump started. He actually just doubled down on it.
Not on the level of what Trump has done. But every US president is consistently working to ensure US oligarchs have control of the oil supply. And that doesn't always mean literally stealing oil. It's more about control.
Sometimes that brings domestic gas prices down. Sometimes it makes them go up. Sometimes that means blowing up pipelines. Sometimes that means kidnapping a countries elected leader.
The president WANTS domestic gas prices to be low. It helps their approval ratings and party elections. But, the president is subject to the wishes of the oil and war oligarchs. And they are fucking thirsty right now.
Edit: I've broken through with a positive upvote (for now) making a comment about Democrats and Bidens failures to combat Trump. I have faith in you Lemmy.
Edit2: Had to brag. Reminded people to downvote.
The price spike under Biden was more the orange kid-diddler's doing. Threatening to without military funding for Saudi Arabi unless they cut down on oil output during COVID. Which when supply chains were firing back up under Biden they had t ramped production back up yet. Biden got blamed for some he had nothing to do with. Aka the repugnican method.
Tbh Biden did set himself up for trouble on gas prices specifically. He had that make Saudi Arabia a pariah initiative he was giving speeches on when he first got elected, it was going OK while the US held the cards… but after the Ukraine war started and the supply was reduced, gas prices became a giant glowing weak spot that the Saudis could vengefully mash just in time for mid-terms. Biden recognized the danger then and visited hat in hand to ask for forgiveness and more production, but it was too late after making very public positions and statements that the Saudis REALLY didn’t like at all so the trip didn’t amount to much other than embarassing news articles about him crawling back to the guy he had been calling a murderer.
Bidens biggest failures were not undoing a lot of the things Trump did in his first term.
I think it was a false belief in that the US should remain consistent and not back peddle on bad policies. So, instead of working with Iran to restore the JCPoA (that they continued to abide by via the UN) he continued to push sanctions. Similar situation with Venezuela. Hell, he even kept a lot of Trump's awful border policy. He absolutely failed in restoring faith in America, on the world stage, after Trump's first term. He needed to push hard in the opposite direction and have actual material changes that Trump (or any Republican) could not undo again.
Now, one could say this is because they didn't think they would lose again to Trump. But, that, in itself, was also a major failure for Biden/Harris. They had no major material improvements to point to as an achievement.
His biggest failure was not arresting and putting Trump in prison~___~
TBF the whole coup should have been made an example of. There was so much video evidence.
Hard agree
Hey me too! SoCal for those curious about the price.
Haha is that the picture of trump looking up at the solar eclipse?
I've always loved that one. Looking straight into a solar eclipse bare-eyed, proving how much of a genuine fucktard he really is.
Today in eastern MA. Up up up we go…..
My dude, I'm paying $6 over here in California. I would love to have $4 gas.
3.99 is cheap. It’s $4.20 where I’m at which is still cheap compared to much of the country
4.99ish where I am, for the last week or so.
I wouldn't call it lucking out but a couple weeks ago I was hitting the store midday and saw 1 station had jumped to $4.29. a couple blocks later I saw 2 stations still had it at 3.89 so I immediately filled up. Within a couple days it had already jumped to somewhere around 4.50 and days later it's at 4.99.
Jumped from $4.75 on the way to work to $4.99 on the way home. Were fucked.
Its about 6.50 to 7.20 near me depending on the station
$3.99 USD per gallon is about $1.43 CAD per litre. I weep, lol. I'm paying $1.96 CAD per litre (about $5.41 USD per gallon). I'm in Alberta, we grow it here. That's relatively cheap compared to some other provinces 😭
Edit: Don't take those numbers as gospel. I'm scrolling on the can, so it may not be my best math.
I stuck one on a gas station in Texas today. Gas was over $4 a gallon.
It feels good to travel through red states and shit on their orange god.
I bought a 100 of these putting up at every gas station I go to.
Good job vandalizing the gas station of someone that just trying to run a business and has to clean up after your safe rebellion. You’re really sticking it to the man there.
thanks. extra stickers for the gas stations that play ads
"Oh damn, gas prices went up so filling a tank went up $10..... I know! I'll blow $100 on useless stickers and still complain about the $10!"
Found this one online
This one was in Arkansas
a couple of days ago
They hide various gas stations but they are all expensive.
Here's from one minute ago:
$4.57 here. $3.99 is the George Bush of gas prices. It sucks, but it looks so good compared to where we’re going.
Gas Price per Gallon atm in Austria: 8 Dollar
Befor this Bullshit it was at around 4,50 Dollar
Currently about 605 yen ($3.90 USD) in (rural) Japan. That only seems cheap in dollars because the yen has tanked in the past few years. 5 years ago when there were somewhat similar gas prices it would've been about $5.75
rarely the president has as much responsibility for the gas prices
Also rare for the president to be a convicted felon. Yet this monster found a way.
Probably less rare for them to be a rapist and pedophile but he's definitely the most publicized at it.
You’re right, I think we've finally surpassed Thomas Jefferson at this point, though I suspect TJ’s rape and pedophilia are still mostly danced around when people talk about Sally Hemings (who was 14-16 years old and a peer to his daughter when it began, while Jefferson was in his mid forties).
$3.99 for E0 gas is a fucking steal. Normally you pay more for E0, this is below the country average right now.
The E0 is the one that was removed. It's only an option for the 91.
What do y'all think about...
Maybe donate money to a food bank instead of these stupid stickers?
Maybe do both.
Or, instead of that, spend all the money on food for your neighbors instead.
Or buy more stickers to get momentum going in the other way so eventually people don't need random donations to eat
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
1) Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
2) No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
3) Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
4) No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
5) No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
