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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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[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2 points 45 minutes ago

This guy never cares about anybody.

[-] lolola 45 points 3 hours ago

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

That shit was last week

[-] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 3 hours ago

Between that and calling the war an "operation," it's obvious Reuters is sanewashing Trump.

[-] rockSlayer 67 points 4 hours ago

Now where's the "I did that" stickers?

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 4 hours ago

I already bought a pack of 100 months ago for this

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago

It is a curious thing to see how much punishment and humiliation Americans will take from this asshole. The third Reich really is an apt comparison.

inb4 WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED THIS WOULD HAPPEN?

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 hours ago

but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit.”

Why is it more important?

[-] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 8 points 3 hours ago

More wealth extraction means more profits!

[-] xenomor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Also Israel. Don’t forget Israel.

[-] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 29 points 4 hours ago

And the average Trump voter will just accept that happily.

[-] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 11 points 3 hours ago

I figured they like higher gas prices. They will buy a bigger vehicle to use even more.

[-] joekar1990@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The diesel bros are going to be so proud. Diesel jumped the most since last month up $0.50 as a national average and sits at $4.16/gal according to AAA.

[-] outofthisworld@lemmy.org 4 points 3 hours ago

They will think the extra price will be used for war

[-] Asafum@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

"Listen, I only say I care about shit to get you to vote for me. I couldn't possibly care less what you have to pay. I'm the only thing that matters."

That's because he rides for free. smh

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 6 points 3 hours ago

Those EVs are looking pretty promising now aren't they?

[-] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 minutes ago

When 40% of electricity is generated with natural gas, it doesn't matter that much.

[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago
[-] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Well this will certainly piss off the layperson. This war shit will last until the midterms and that's it. This also sucks ass because liberals will win easily. Libs gotta go.

[-] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I feel like folks here don't know what a US liberal is. Liberals are big money lefties usually in support of Israel and certainly paid by billionaire PACs. Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, etc. These are status quo opportunists waiting to waste your tax dollars too...

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