The Trump Card...

[ATeam]

This war will be over soon.

When? How? Trump did not say in his speech tonight. What can you say that he didn't?

Iran does not have a new regime or a new president. The president of Iran is Masoud Pezeshkian. He has been the president since July 2024.

Once again, it seems Trump's imagination is running loose in his head. He lives and acts in a world that does not exist.

Why do you keep believing the utter BS Trump puts out? You love fact checking me. Why don't you do the same with Trump?

 

[muttly]

When? How? Trump did not say in his speech tonight. What can you say that he didn't?

Iran does not have a new regime or a new president. The president of Iran is Masoud Pezeshkian. He has been the president since July 2024.

Once again, it seems Trump's imagination is running loose in his head. He lives and acts in a world that does not exist.

Why do you keep believing the utter BS Trump puts out? You love fact checking me. Why don't you do the same with Trump?

The Left needs to put their pompoms away. The objectives are about complete. No protracted war. Oil and gas prices will be coming way down in a few weeks. The stock market will go way up. People are getting their tax refunds and their additional money. This will be a spring and summer full of prosperity The Left will be bumming about this reality.

 

[ATeam]

The objectives are about complete. No protracted war.

The problem with that is Trump has been saying that since he started the war. The war is over a month old now and there is no end in sight. The missiles keep flying. The Straight of Hormuz is closed to Iran's enemies. No talks are happening. Iran shows no sign of a cease fire.

Oil and gas prices will be coming way down in a few weeks. The stock market will go way up.

Maybe. You are stating a market outlook. Time will tell. But the immediate dip in oil prices that happened before Trump's speech has reversed. Brent Crude is over $105 a barrel again. The "Trump bump" in the markets over the last couple days is reversing too. It seems the markets found little to cheer when Trump addressed the nation.

People are getting their tax refunds and their additional money.

That money is now going straight into their gas tanks, and into the higher cost of goods that higher fuel prices cause.

This will be a spring and summer full of prosperity The Left will be bumming about this reality.

Prosperity for Trump and his billionaire buddies, absolutely. The wealth transfer from the lower and middle class to the uber-rich continues. For the rest of us, I'm not so sure.

Notwithstanding my "coming soon, the Trump recession" comment, I don't like to predict market outcomes because too many variables are unknown. But I am beginning to believe that higher gas prices are going to persist for months if not years. That's because numerous oil facilities in the Middle East have been destroyed. It will take months if not years to bring them back on line.

Trump, Israel and Iran could make peace right now, and they could reopen the Straight of Hormuz, but the oil facilities will still be in ruins. That's not a quick or easy fix.

If Trump carries through with his threat to destroy Iran's oil facilities, the effect on US gas prices will exacerbate.

 

[muttly]

Pesky fact:

 

[muttly]

Prosperity for Trump and his billionaire buddies, absolutely. The wealth transfer from the lower and middle class to the uber-rich continues. For the rest of us, I'm not so sure.

Grok fact check:

 

[ATeam]

Grok fact check:

That's not a fact check, it's a history lesson. The Trump gas price surge of over $1 per gallon is the largest monthly spike in US history. It is recent and ongoing. The price move is not reversing, it is persisting. Historical statistics do not include such a thing so, for purposes other than comparing the past to the present, historical statistics are irrelevant when explaining our present circumstances.

 

[muttly]

That's not a fact check, it's a history lesson. The Trump gas price surge of over $1 per gallon is the largest monthly spike in US history. It is recent and ongoing. The price move is not reversing, it is persisting. Historical statistics do not include such a thing so, for purposes other than comparing the past to the present, historical statistics are irrelevant when explaining our present circumstances.

Cute little talking point that will be just a minor blip in history. Compare that to to sustained higher gas prices month after month and year after year under Biden.

 

[Ragman]

 

[ATeam]

Cute little talking point that will be just a minor blip in history. Compare that to to sustained higher gas prices month after month and year after year under Biden.

Compare that to the $0.29 to $0.31 cents Americans paid when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Both items are equally relevant today. I highly doubt that Americans filling their tanks right now are thinking about Joe Biden. And if they are, they may be remembering the better days under Biden.

This gas price chart is shared for your information and convenience.

For context: the primary driver for the 5-month period under Biden where gas was over $4.00/gal. was the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. Russia was one of the largest oil exporters in the world at the time and the immediate threat of sanctions and supply disruptions caused Brent crude oil to spike above $120 per barrel. Today (Apr 2, 2026), Brent crude is $109.46/barrel.

 

[muttly]

Compare that to the $0.29 to $0.31 cents Americans paid when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Both items are equally relevant today. I highly doubt that Americans filling their tanks right now are thinking about Joe Biden. And if they are, they may be remembering the better days under Biden.

This gas price chart is shared for your information and convenience.

For context: the primary driver for the 5-month period under Biden where gas was over $4.00/gal. was the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. Russia was one of the largest oil exporters in the world at the time and the immediate threat of sanctions and supply disruptions caused Brent crude oil to spike above $120 per barrel. Today (Apr 2, 2026), Brent crude is $109.46/barrel.

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Roughly the last 43 months of Biden’s presidency gas prices averaged over 3 dollars a gallon. 5 months gas averaged over 4 dollars. And 2 of those months spiked to near 5 dollars a gallon. Thanks for playing.

 

[Ragman]

Pam Bondi is out as attorney general​

Live updates: Pam Bondi is out as attorney general

Attorney General Pam Bondi was ousted by President Donald Trump. Trump named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as the acting attorney general.

apnews.com

 

[Ragman]

Pam Bondi has officially been fired by Donald Trump for failing to do more to cover up the Epstein files and protect child predators.

Imagine going in front of Congress to discuss the Epstein investigation, only to make an ass of yourself by ranting about the Dow Jones being above 50,000, desperately trying to suck up to Trump — only for the Dow to dip below 50,000 immediately after and never rise above it again.

Then, a few weeks later, you get fired anyway for failing to adequately cover up child trafficking and protect those who preyed on and abused children.

Pam Bondi has earned herself a permanent spot in the Hall of Disgrace.

May she join Kristi Noem in f*cking all the way off.

 

[muttly]

Pam Bondi has officially been fired by Donald Trump for failing to do more to cover up the Epstein files and protect child predators.

Imagine going in front of Congress to discuss the Epstein investigation, only to make an ass of yourself by ranting about the Dow Jones being above 50,000, desperately trying to suck up to Trump — only for the Dow to dip below 50,000 immediately after and never rise above it again.

Then, a few weeks later, you get fired anyway for failing to adequately cover up child trafficking and protect those who preyed on and abused children.

Pam Bondi has earned herself a permanent spot in the Hall of Disgrace.

May she join Kristi Noem in f*cking all the way off.

Do you have a link for this cut and paste post?

 

[Ragman]

 

[Pilgrim]

Compare that to the $0.29 to $0.31 cents Americans paid when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Both items are equally relevant today. I highly doubt that Americans filling their tanks right now are thinking about Joe Biden. And if they are, they may be remembering the better days under Biden.

This gas price chart is shared for your information and convenience.

For context: the primary driver for the 5-month period under Biden where gas was over $4.00/gal. was the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. Russia was one of the largest oil exporters in the world at the time and the immediate threat of sanctions and supply disruptions caused Brent crude oil to spike above $120 per barrel. Today (Apr 2, 2026),

Compare that to the $0.29 to $0.31 cents Americans paid when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Both items are equally relevant today. I highly doubt that Americans filling their tanks right now are thinking about Joe Biden. And if they are, they may be remembering the better days under Biden.

This gas price chart is shared for your information and convenience.

For context: the primary driver for the 5-month period under Biden where gas was over $4.00/gal. was the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. Russia was one of the largest oil exporters in the world at the time and the immediate threat of sanctions and supply disruptions caused Brent crude oil to spike above $120 per barrel. Today (Apr 2, 2026), Brent crude is $109.46/barrel.

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