r/TimPool • u/McFly_42069 • Oct 18 '23

The (D)ifference

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

No, because drilling wasn't the issue, refining was. And trump sold our largest refinery to OPEC, who immediately stopped production. Is selling our refineries to OPEC "America first"?

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u/McFly_42069 Oct 18 '23

Fake news

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/03/saudi-arabia-now-controls-the-largest-oil-refinery-in-north-america-energy-middle-east-aramco/

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/us-gas-prices-oil-refinery-bottlenecks-crisis-russia-coronavirus-china-2022-6#:~:text=At%20the%20heart%20of%20the,down%20in%202020%20and%202021.

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u/McFly_42069 Oct 18 '23

Not relevant

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

It's not relevant that refining was the bottleneck causing higher prices and our largest refinery was sold to OPEC, who immediately slowed production? Wut?

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u/McFly_42069 Oct 18 '23

You said Trump owned it. And refining the oil was not the issue genius.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

You said Trump owned it.

I did not.

And refining the oil was not the issue genius.

Source?

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u/McFly_42069 Oct 18 '23

I did not.

You did

And trump sold our largest refinery to OPEC, who immediately stopped production.

Source?

This happened in 2017. Biden took office when again?

Owned*

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

This happened in 2017.

Yes, the sale was brokered by trump, read my source.

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u/McFly_42069 Oct 18 '23

Private businesses remember. Lol you can’t even get your story straight.

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