These are the same people who fucking constantly grandstand about objectivity and bias. Because to them it’s not bias if you’re an islamophobic bigot, that’s just normal in their circles. Bias is when anyone has an opinion, or even just an assembly of facts, that questions power.

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The fact of the matter is that diesel is traded globally, so a global shortage means prices go up. Period. That’s not “gauging,” that’s not evil, it’s just what happens when there’s not enough stuff to meet the demand for that stuff Welcome to supply and demand!

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Yes I know you said it, which is why I repeated what you said, bewildered that you’re saying it Your positions are completely contradictory You say the only reason shortages affect the price is because we choose to export But then you say that ending the exports won’t fix the prices!

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Diesel is a global commodity market, yes! That’s how this works! That’s the precise and explicit reason why you’re wrong! An export ban won’t work! True! What are you even trying to say!

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Of course it seems like that Trump's desperate fury here is the result of people telling him (correctly) that fuel prices are going to lead his party to lose badly in the election, but of course he cannot take the ego-implications of that being his fault, so he rages like a gamer on tilt.

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