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'We're Making a Fortune,' Trump Says of High Oil Prices as Working Class Pays

President Donald Trump attempted to spin high oil prices as a boon for the United States at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday, just hours after new federal data showed that inflation reached its highest level in months in September. "Because of the price of oil, Texas and Oklahoma and North Dakota and all these places, we're making a fortune," Trump…

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Why one of the US's reddest counties is losing faith in Trump – videoAs the midterm elections loom, Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to rural West Virginia, a Republican party stronghold, to explore how soaring gas prices, war in the Middle East and datacenter expansion are affecting Donald Trump's popularity among his base. Although the state remains staunchly Republican, there are signs of a new politics…

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'Who Is We?': Trump Blasted For Saying 'We're Making A Fortune' From High Oil Prices“Trump is completely detached from reality,” one commenter on X wrote.

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Trump announces Taiwan's plans to buy US gas{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump announces Taiwan's plans to buy US gas President Trump announced Tuesday that Taiwan has agreed to purchase 30 percent of gas from the Alaska pipeline over the next 20 years. © Photo Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Speaking at a campaign rally in Wasilla,...

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Zelenskyy orders new Russia refinery attacks in Trump rebuke - Thu, 15 Oct 2026 PSTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered attacks on Russian oil refineries to resume in a spiraling confrontation with Donald Trump over restrictions on U.S. intelligence assistance.

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Mike Rogers' Wife Hands Out $10 Gas Cards, Begging Michiganders to Vote for Her HusbandAs President Donald Trump's Iran War drives up gas prices, the wife of Michigan's Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers was seen resorting to a desperate—and legally dubious—tactic to persuade voters to tick the box for her husband: handing out $10 gas cards. Kristi Rogers, the wife of the former GOP congressman, was filmed Wednesday strutting around…

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Republican’s Wife Tries to Win Voters With Cheap Gift CardThe wife of Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers is at gas stations in Detroit handing out $10 gas gift cards while begging people to vote for her husband. This is an illegal, desperate, and ironic move given that the spiking gas prices were directly caused by President Trump’s Iran war, which Rogers has supported wholeheartedly . The Michigan…

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US Families Have Spent an Extra $4,700 Each Due to Trump Policies—Including $100 Billion on GasDemocrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Thursday published updated data estimating that President Donald Trump's policies have cost the average US family $4,700 during the first two years of his second term. One major driver of price increases has been Trump's illegal war with Iran, which led to a global spike in energy prices after…

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Gas Prices+Social SecurityCongress has yet to address a looming funding shortfall that could leave the retirement program unable to pay 22 percent of scheduled benefits by 2032.

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