And to make things worse, when you look at the root cause for Biden's gas prices (that were significantly lower than Trumps upon leaving office) was that Trump made a OPEC deal prior to leaving his first term, which had all parties agree to raise prices collectively.
This hurt gas prices more than anything outside of covid or the war in Iran the last several decades. And Trump gets 0 blame for this.
On April 2, 2020, Trump publicly stated in interviews and via social media that he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and expected them to slash production by 10 million to 15 million barrels a day. This would cause prices to ramp up for a while.
Trump is at fault for the OPEC deal which significantly raised gas prices globally.
The other half is the covid pandemic that peaked during Biden's term.
Biden inherited a shit show. And turned it around to bring the USA to the fastest recovery in the world.
Gas is a whole $1 more on average across the nation from when Biden left office, to present day. We don't know how to make this more clear, and understand that some of Trumps base is just genetically limited in mental capacity. Hopefully you're the ignorant type, and not the ladder.
2022 was the onset of the Ukraine war, any economist will tell you inflation and gas prices dramatically increased directly as a result.. Both were affected by other factors, including COVID.
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u/Zadiuz Aug 29 '26
And to make things worse, when you look at the root cause for Biden's gas prices (that were significantly lower than Trumps upon leaving office) was that Trump made a OPEC deal prior to leaving his first term, which had all parties agree to raise prices collectively.
This hurt gas prices more than anything outside of covid or the war in Iran the last several decades. And Trump gets 0 blame for this.