r/benshapiro • u/Clammypollack • Jul 24 '22

Conservatives and Republicans: Do you want Trump to run for President again? Discussion/Debate

I voted for him twice but prefer that we get some new folks running.

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u/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Jul 25 '22

I agree with you about credit and blame, but still, half of what you listed has very little to do with the presidency.

Also, people forget the fluctuations during a presidency. Biden was blamed for oil prices (which have nothing to do with the president) all last quarter. Now they're coming down. Does he get credit? No.

Why? Politics.

Trump had a great stock market at the beginning of his term, but that declined too. Does he get blamed? No.

Again, politics.

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u/Clammypollack Jul 26 '22

When Joe Biden was campaigning for the presidency he made gas and oil targets of his and pretty much outright stated that he wanted to put them out of business. When he won the presidency, he followed up on that with policy. He has become a big green new deal guy and gas and oil are the demon in his eyes. The bullshit about Putin‘s gas price increase is exactly that, bullshit. If you look at from the time Biden won to the time Russia attacked Ukraine, gas prices had already gone up significantly and Joe takes full responsibility for that. Sure, Russia is responsible for subsequent gas price increases but Joe takes the bulk of the blame.

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u/dietcheese Facts don’t care about your feelings Jul 26 '22

Let's ask the American Petroleum Institute - the leading representative of the petroleum industry:

https://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas/energy-primers/gas-prices-explained#:~:text=Since%20the%202020%20COVID%2D19,in%20gasoline%20prices%20since%202020.

Cost of crude oil is the number one factor in gasoline prices at the pump

  • Crude oil accounted for 52% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline in January and 61% as of February 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
  • Since the 2020 COVID-19 recession, crude oil prices have overwhelmingly remained the primary driver of gasoline prices.
  • Nationwide on a quarterly basis, crude oil prices have explained more than 90% of the variation in gasoline prices since 2020

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More receipts:

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Facts don’t care about your feelings.

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u/Clammypollack Jul 26 '22

Thank you for the fluff, opinion pieces from leftist Biden defense outlets lol.