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Reason
Liz Wolfe

Blame Game

How stupid does he think voters are? President Donald Trump is touring the West Coast, selling Republicans' midterm pitch to voters. As part of this, he's trying to answer for high gas prices—which just hit a national average of $4.09 a gallon—but doing so in the most characteristically Trump way possible: deflecting blame for the war in Iran and focusing instead on how big businesses have erred.

"Mike Wirth, Chairman and CEO of Chevron, just gave, in an interview with the fabulous Maria Bartiromo, all of the reasons that his company is doing so well," he wrote on Truth Social yesterday. "The only thing he conveniently forgot to mention is that, without the genius, foresight, strength, and stability, of the TRUMP Administration, the Oil Industry, and our Country itself, would be DEAD! As an example, they threw Mike and Chevron out of Venezuela, but now they're back, far bigger and stronger than ever before, expecting to make a fortune! That goes for other Oil Companies as well…and get your consumer (retail!) Oil Prices DOWN, NOW!"

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