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Trump on rising gas prices during Iran operation: 'If they rise, they rise' (www.reuters.com)

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Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising U.S. gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict, telling Reuters in an exclusive interview that the U.S. military operation was his priority.

"I don't have any concern about it," he said, when asked about the higher prices at ‌the pump. "They'll drop very rapidly when this is over, and if they rise, they rise, but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit."

The comments mark a shift in tone for the president, who touted a drop in gas prices in his State of the Union address last month and at a Texas rally focused on energy that took place just hours before the U.S. launched its air strikes on Saturday.

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[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, Hitler understood that you needed the bread as well as the circuses.

That said, the degree to which he improved material conditions in Germany is overplayed in popular media. While the Nazis did push programs like the VW Beetle and cheap holiday packages, their relentless push to rearmament came at a serious cost to Germany's ability to produce or import consumer goods, and the average German frequently struggled with empty shelves in the supermarkets.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

While the Nazis did push programs like the VW Beetle

Another point of order about that in particular, zero regular citizens who paid into the Beetle scheme with their little KdF-Wagen Sparkarte stamps actually received one. All of the Beetles produced went to Nazi party leaders, and then Germany went to war. Hitler may have successfully sold people on the dream of an affordable personal car but he literally used it as a mechanism to embezzle money from his own citizens which he stole and used for war production.

5 Mark die Woche musst du sparen wills Du im eignen wagen fahren, my webbed foot.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

History really is set to the tune of Benny Hill in a minor key…

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago

Excellent addition, thank you.

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah true, it's not like he was a magnificent ruler, but he didn't openly and brazenly shit on his constituents, service members and veterans.

It's just bizarre that Trump managrs to be worse than Hitler on many levels and only has had one attempt on his life.

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