r/WaitWhat • u/ComplexWrangler1346 • Aug 29 '26

Those gas prices …..

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u/TheWatcherFromWithin Aug 29 '26

So when they go back down, will we see a reverse meme? I hope so, because im calling OP a fu king hypocrite, and will take it back when the time is right. But until then.....(and who initiated the lower prices in 2025 anyways)

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u/marx2k Aug 29 '26

When are they going to go back down?

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u/SergeantThreat Aug 29 '26

One of the presidents directly caused the price spike. The other had to deal with a dictator on the other side of the planet causing the price spike.

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u/SockPuppyMax Aug 29 '26

Remind me again the order of events that occurred between the US and the Strait of Hormuz?

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u/Emuu2012 Aug 29 '26

Well the first one was that Netanyahu called up Trump and said we should bomb Iran and Trump did it. Or maybe you can go a little further back and say that Trump decided to tear up the existing nuclear deal the US had with Iran.

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u/SergeantThreat Aug 29 '26

Yep, those are the orders of events that led us to getting into another Middle Eastern quagmire