Has President Biden done a great job getting gas prices down?

[Anonymous]

They're down like 20+% over all-time highs really fast! Is he doing a really great job?

[BCA6010]

He's done a great job of throwing money at the Saudis to do the same thing we could do but in a much less environmentally conscious manner, as well as greasing the palms of other countries like India to just act as middle men to buy Russian oil and resell to us while also emptying our emergency reserves and exporting the oil we produce ourselves to China, so not only are we unnecessarily back in the arms of the Saudis, we are now indirectly funding Russia's wars while also continuing to make our own inflation problems worse.

Yeah he's doing a fine job, from a certain point of view...

[jestergent]

To attack Biden is to attack Trump is to attack Obama is to attack... The next one to run in office.

But the question.. I have no idea. It's the Ukraine Russia expected war. Lands on Biden this time. I have no idea what he did to lower prices, didn't research it. Trump postponed the war with threats to Putin , (postponed means Putin waits till Trump off seat). During the time I didn't think he would invade.

Arguably the question is what could have any president done.. (solution?) To prevent the Ukraine war, thereby preventing high gas prices? (Answer/curious?)

[Anonymous]

Contrary to what a bunch of dumb people think, the president of the United States is not solely responsible for the world's oil prices. Gas costs more in Ireland, South Africa and Japan too. Is that Biden's fault? Of course not, that's idiotic. He got too much blame for it going up and he doesn't deserve any credit for it coming down either. Everyone needs to stop thinking the president is like the supreme ruler of Earth.

[888theGreat]

Yep, America is the leader and America makes countries do things that make their people's cost of living go up

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that the same conservatives who blamed Biden for high gas prices are now not giving him credit for falling prices. These people need to make up their minds. Do Presidents have control of fuel prices or not? (Hint : the answer is largely not).

[888theGreat]

Again , Biden is causing a Depression to get prices down

[Opinion Owner]

That’s a gross exaggeration. There is no Depression. Lower demand and a slowing economy is driving oil downward. It’s the Federal Reserve putting on the brakes, not Biden. I know it’s more satisfying to sling misinformation though.

[FunkyMonkee]

He had EVERYTHING to do with the prices going up and NOTHING to do with them coming down!! Had he not cheated in the election and let Trump have his rightful win, gas would be down to about $1.00 a gallon, by now!! But, NOPE! We have to get rid of him because: mean Tweets! The left are such a bunch of pussies!! You'd go crying to mommy if you had any kind of a REAL threat to deal with!!

[888theGreat]

@FunkyMonkee they got rid of him because he doesn't play political games like wars, and allowing friends gov't contracts . Not taking bids at higher prices instead of lower. Not giving money for bridges that are not needed.

[Opinion Owner]

@FunkyMonkee Peddle your nonsense elsewhere. You people follow Trump’s example by bombarding others with misinformation to see what sticks. $1.79 gas was a pandemic price when demand had taken a nosedive. Oil was trading at negative dollars and the oil companies lost billions. That price couldn’t sustain the industry, let alone $1 gas. That’s absolutely ridiculous. We’re still waiting for that proof of the stolen election that no court, legislature or forensic auditor could find yet every Trumper knows exists I guess through the power of ESP? Maybe it’s channeled directly into your brains through your tinfoil hats? The more time that passes, the more clownish the claim becomes. Anyday now fellas on that proof. Your political movement is completely fact free.

[FunkyMonkee]

@888theGreat It's because he won't fuck US over the way they've been doing for at least the part 109 years! They offered him a change to join their club but, he saw the corruption they're into and refused to play along with them so, ever since then, he's been at the top of their shitlist!! Remember how they were all buddy/buddy with him until he decided to run for President and then they've had nothing but hate for him because he's fucking up their crooked poker game!!

[FunkyMonkee]

I'm not the one peddling nonsense, darlin''!! I'm not working your side of the street!
You sound INCREDIBLY brainwashed!! CNN's got you believing THEIR lies and making you think it''s the opposite of the truth!
The gas prices were way down low LONG BEFORE the pandemic hit!! When Trump took over, gas was almost as high as it is now! The pandemic started in Sept. `19! By that time, gas was just over $2.00 a gallon!! the pandemic was hardly even noticeable until late Dec.!! By then, gas was just UNDER $2.00!! Once the pandemic hit hard, Trump was gone and Joey shut down the pipeline and gas went through the roof!! Now, YOU say gas was low because of the pandemic! Okay, then, why was it up so high at the peak of the pandemic less than a year ago? The pandemic is over and gas it still $4.00 a gallon, here!!
Gee, I wonder why? Could it possibly be that all the people looking into the fraud were PART of the fraud? Trump's rallies were sold out to beyond the limit of the huge stadiums where they were held!! No matter where he had them, they had to turn people away because they couldn't all fit!! At Joe's rallies, there was maybe a dozen people!! You're gonna tell me that he got MORE votes than Trump and DIDN'T cheat? And I've seen video poll workers pulling out trays and trays of votes from hiding places after the polls were closed, mail-in votes flooding the cars of people that filled them out fraudulently, and we have sworn testimony from poll workers that SAW voter fraud!! Of course, NONE of that was allowed to be entered as evidence!!
WE'RE not the ones that wear tin foil hats!! YOU DO!! You're WAY too stupid to think for yourselves so, you depend on the brainwashing you get from CNN to TELL YOU what to think!! Just like the good little robots you are! They've trained you well!!

[FunkyMonkee]

If you hate this country so badly, why the fuck don't you just LEAVE? NOBODY will miss you!!
You sound to me like you're talking to yourself!! As with all you dummy dems, you can do nothing but rant all the talking points CNN programmed into you, which are the exact opposite of the truth but, you're all just too stupid to bother do ANY REAL research on what you blindly claim as truth!! WE'VE GOT OUR evidence!! We have YET to see ANY of YOURS!!

[Opinion Owner]

@FunkyMonkee All of the nonsense you bring up about voter fraud has been investigated and debunked. You’re peddling misinformation. Is it more likely there was no widespread fraud or that election workers, Secretaries of State, forensic auditors, judges and legislators (many of these people republicans) across multiple states are all in on a grand conspiracy to aid Biden? Where is the evidence connecting all these people to the conspiracy? You got nothing. It’s either a delusion or willful propaganda on your part. If I’m wrong, prove it to me. We’ve all been waiting on that proof since Nov. 2020. How long do we have to wait? I’m actually embarrassed for you at this point. Also, the oil pipeline Biden shut down was never operational. It was years away from completion. Oil supply was not affected in any way from that action. Pipelines also do not produce oil, they only transport it. The problem over the past year and a half has been a lack of production from the industry. It was never a transportation problem. Got any other misinformation you wanna push?

[Opinion Owner]

Where did I say I hated the country in any of my comments? More misinformation on your part.

[FunkyMonkee]

Yeah, by democrats!! I HARDLY call that fair and unbiased and its ONLY what CNN is telling you to believe! The rest of THE WORLD KNOWS that Joe cheated!! Again, you have NO proof so why is it what WE say is all nonsense just because YOU don't want to believe it?
It's more likely the fix is in for Biden. There are a LOT of republicans that didn't like Trump, either! There are also a lot of democrats that DO like him.
I already told you!! THAT'S your problem!! You REFUSE to listen!!
You ARE wrong and all you have to do is research it! Will you? I HIGHLY doubt it!! The willfully blind NEVER do!!
WAITING? Did you ever bother to try LOOKING for it or LISTENING to what's been said about it? NO, WILLFULLY BLIND!!
Be embarrassed for yourself for being such a stupid twat!!
It WOULD HAVE BEEN, had it left it the fuck alone!! WHY would you make an unfinished pipeline operational? What would be the point of that? Why the fuck do you think they were building it, because they could? Maybe in democrat world!!
And, now, it's even MORE years away from being operational!! Had that fuckwit you voted for left it the fuck alone, it'd be finished, or close to it, by now!! So, Joe wasted ALL THAT time, money, and material on a project that'd never be finished!! Brilliant!! Just fucking brilliant!! And, how much sense did THAT make in democrat world?
DUUUUHHH!!! VERY GOOD, Einstein!! You get a cookie!! Who the fuck SAID they PRODUCED oil?
And the problem with production of the industry over the past year and a half is that JOE SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN ON DAY ONE!!! You just lost your cookie!!
YOU'RE doing ALL the misinformation pushing, dipshit!! Batting 1000, so far!! Your programmers oughta be REALLY PROUD of you!!
You don't HAVE to say you hate the country, every time you say negative shit about Trump, you're waving HUGE RED FLAGS that say, "I HATE AMERICA!!'

[Opinion Owner]

@FunkyMonkee there's a whole of crazy going on there. You’re so deep into the Trump cult that you’re copying his style of attempting to overwhelm the opposition with rapid fire lies and misinformation one after the other. You really need to loosen the tinfoil hat and seek some help. Get back into reality. You’re friends and family will thank you.

[888theGreat]

oh this is ugly little butt? only she uses cult

[FunkyMonkee]

If anyone needs help, it's YOU! I never drank the CNN Kool-Aid, YOU did!! YOU'RE the lying cultist! WE got the proof!! YOU don''t!!

[FunkyMonkee]

@888theGreat Probably because she's IN one!

[Opinion Owner]

@FunkyMonkee Conspiracy theories and propaganda are not proof. I can give you the number of a good therapist if you like. I think it might help.

[FunkyMonkee]

I know! And that's all you've got!! You lose!!
Yeah, I think it MIGHT help YOU! You should give them a call!! They can help get those bats out of your belfry!

[Opinion Owner]

@FunkyMonkee Seriously. Conspiracy theory addiction is a known behavioral disorder. If you won’t seek help for yourself, do it for your country. Consider this an intervention.

[FunkyMonkee]

I know, and you should REALLY DO something to get rid of it before it COMPLETELY takes over your life!!

[OlderAndWiser]

1. Please tell me what the president did that is responsible for lower gas prices.

2. If the president can control gas prices, why did he allow them to get so high?

[FunkyMonkee]

Exactly!! When they went up, there was nothing he could do about! Now that they've gone down a tiny bit, as they do EVERY July, it's ALL because of him!! Isn't he wonderful!! Which is it, Joey? You HAVE control or you DON'T have control!! You CAN'T have it both ways whenever it suits you!!

[888theGreat]

Democrats are trying to slow economy so people won't buy anything and need gas. It is disgusting. The problem will be going to far and then we will be in a depression.

[OlderAndWiser]

Hey, @anonymous, I asked two questions. Do you have any answers?

[FunkyMonkee]

Don't hold your breath waiting for those answers, they don't have any!

[OlderAndWiser]

@FunkyMonkee My question was rhetorical!

[FunkyMonkee]

But, you just asked for answers.

[OlderAndWiser]

@FunkyMonkee Without any expectation of a reply.

[FunkyMonkee]

Like I said, don't hold your breath.

[NewsReader]

The price drop was caused by lower demand for crude oil because of worries about the economy and potential recession.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/1116635172/gas-prices-4-gallon-oil-crude-refiners

[humanearth]

He is doing a great job at killing a country, just like all the past presidents. That goes for Democrats and Republicans.

The presidents that stood up to the elite where killed or attacked massively

Do you really think that their will be a USA say in 10 years

[FunkyMonkee]

He hasn't done ANY job, yet!! Gas prices ALWAYS go down in July!! Leave it to Joey to take all the credit for it!! If you're living in Oregon and your house was on fire and you called the fire dept. and they put it out, Joe would take all the credit!! Even if he was sound asleep at the time!!

[John_Doesnt]

Inflation is down to %0 and gas prices have halved. He's also gotten the virus mostly under control and supported Ukraine.
Unlike the last dingus who couldn't handle the virus, tried to extort Ukraine and was a fatty.

[AviatorTom]

@John_Doesnt If you're going to compare presidents, please use facts.
There were 415854 COVID-19 deaths during Trump's tenure and 607920 deaths (as of Aug 10 2022) and counting under Biden's tenure.
Russia invaded Ukraine after Biden took office. Some analysts believe Putin didn't do that sooner because Trump would have reacted militarily while Biden would not, and did not.

[FunkyMonkee]

Halved? Half of $4.95 is $2. 47! Gas is still $3.99, here!!
I'd rather have a fatty than an incompetent, crooked dummy!! The fatty can lose weight, the dementia patient can't get that fixed!! And, it was THE FATTY that gave us the vaccines and professed the cures!! The geriatric shot down the cures, took the bogus vaccines and STILL got covid, TWICE!! We're still winning!!

[John_Doesnt]

@AviatorTom deaths can only go up, not down. People don't come back from the dead.
And Donald was impeached for trying to extort Ukraine. There was evidence of that.

[John_Doesnt]

@FunkyMonkee Biden has never been impeached for extorting Ukraine or trying to overthrow our democracy.
Donald was raided by the FBI and the walls are closing in. You supported the wrong guy and now you feel like a fool.

[AviatorTom]

@John_Doesnt The 697920 deaths were people who died from COVID while Biden is President, doesn't include deaths while Trump was President; the total death count is over 1 million.

[FunkyMonkee]

He SHOULD be!! That's exactly what he's doing right under your nose!! Trump never did ANYTHING against this country!! Joe's doing it ALL and you're too blind and stupid to see it!! YOU supported the wrong guy and the rest of the world is LAUGHING THEIR ASSES OFF at you!!

[FunkyMonkee]

@AviatorTom Democrats aren't very good at math or logic, either. If it's not in CNN's curriculum, they just won't ever be programmed to know it!

[USLegionary]

The price hike was artificial. Oil companies made record profits but had to lower prices to encourage people to buy gas again the way they were.

[USLegionary]

... Biden did nothing

[cipher42]

I know this is a shocker, but the president really doesn't have a whole lotta control over the price of gas.

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Cool, can you give me examples of the specific ways a president can try to affect gas prices?

[cipher42]

@888theGreat And what actions is it that Biden has taken that have caused gas prices to be higher than they should be?

[888theGreat]

limiting where and how oil companies can drill for oil. Buying oil from other countries. Not leasing land to companies. Taxes on gas at pump. Taxing oil barrels. When you tax an item it increases the price. Biden is creating a depression to stop inflation.

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Most US drilling takes place on state or private land, which the president can't affect. Taxes, if I'm not mistaken, aren't directly controlled by the president- and the federal gas tax hasn't been changed in about 30 years regardless. So again, it seems like the president has pretty minimal control over gas prices. As for buying from other countries, gas in other countries is significantly more expensive than usual too- the current increase in gas prices is mostly due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which is again not something the president can exert direct control over.

[cipher42]

@888theGreat besides, one thing the democrats (again, not directly the president) ARE working on is getting energy from non-natural gas sources and incentivizing the creation of more electric vehicles/other reductions in gas use. Over the long run, that's going to make energy a lot cheaper, plus reducing dependence on foreign countries for fuel, and reducing pollution.

[888theGreat]

Democrats also have restricted fracking.

[888theGreat]

which will crash electric grids , another disaster

[cipher42]

@888theGreat you mean congress? A branch of government distinct from the president?

[888theGreat]

House/Senate/President . He signs it into law. it is his and his party. When gas gets to $10 a gallon it is his

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Hey does the phrase "separation of powers" mean anything to you? The president does not have the power to make laws or raise taxes. That's congress. And again, the current increase in gas prices is not a US-specific issue, it's to do with the war. I hardly think Biden has the ability to control gas prices in Germany (especially since he can't even directly control prices in the US)

[888theGreat]

It is all on Biden

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Again, the things you listed are things congress does. You don't get to call me an idiot and then go on to insist that the president can and should be blamed for the actions of congress. That's basic high school civics shit.

[888theGreat]

He asks them for legislation. He is the leader of the party

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Not really, no. The democratic party's goals don't change purely depending on the president. There's a preexisting agenda, and actually who ends up president is to some degree determined by how well they suit that agenda. Raising taxes on fossil fuels/decreasing oil drilling is not a policy that Biden specifically is pushing, it's not him coming up with this and telling congress to do it. It's part of the democratic agenda as a whole, which Biden is not in fact in charge of.

[888theGreat]

typical dense liberal. Are you blonde? Well Trump will save America in 2024.

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Again, I'm not the one who doesn't understand high school level civics. Meanwhile, you apparently think that anything congress does can be blamed on the president, which the very basic phrase "separation of powers" clearly indicates is not the case.

[cipher42]

@888theGreat Like, I get that it's much more satisfying to blame a single person than to blame a vague coalition of individual people, none of whom specifically can actually be singled out as the main actor. But unfortunately, real life doesn't cater to what is most satisfying, or what is most simple. And the actual, unsatisfying, complex reality, is that the president quite simply does not control his entire party, and the actions of members of his party in congress do not lie solely on him. Sorry to burst your simplistic little bubble, sweetheart.

[Changiis07]

NOPE! he sucks. Trump was one of the best presidents

[StevieNix]

When gas prices went up, Joey said that Russia made them go up. When gas prices went down (before the midterm elections) Joey took the credit. The vast majority of people on this planet are stupid. I'm glad you're not one of them.

[dustybiker]

It has nothing to do with him. Everything with how they want him to appear.

[Gopnik]

Last time i checked the euro and the dollar were equal, dutch gas prices are about 2,30 or so, german prices are around 1,80 and as far as i could tell yours are about 5 dollars or so, so my guess hell to the no no.

[Massageman]

You ARE being sarcastic, aren't you?

Skip the tiny peaks and dips, in the BIG picture, gas prices have more than DOUBLED since it moved into the White House. full stop!

[Surely]

Joey said that he had no control over the prices going up. So he should have no control of them coming down.

Since Putin was his excuse for high gas prices. Then Putin must be the reason for the prices falling!

[FunkyMonkee]

ALL HAIL PUTIN!! THE REAL PRESIDENT!! Joey relinquished his power to Vlad, his bum-buddy so, Vlad is the real President here!! Tomorrow, we should all start waving Russian flags to praise his great work in lowering our gas prices!!

[cipher42]

@FunkyMonkee I think you're confusing Biden with our previous president. Or is this the classic "every accusation is actually a confession" conservative strategy?

[FunkyMonkee]

@cipher42 The only confusion here comes from you.

[Surely]

@cipher42 I see that you must have read the Constitution. Which is more so than most of the politicians have done.
Biden signed a record number of Executive Orders the first day that started a lot of the problems today.
But, they were not what he didn’t warn the people that voted for him.
For example. Shut down the pipeline from Canada. Limit where oil drilling could take place. Come up with a Covid vaccine, which he already was vaccinated before becoming president. Promote alternative energy sources by limiting oil exploration.
So. With gas prices dropping. This isn’t in line with his forced agenda. Falling prices will have people buying petroleum using vehicles and not the”Green vehicles “ that we don’t have the production capacity to make in America. Without importing the parts from Biden’s Chinese buddies. Remember the “They are good folks!”
My prediction is after November. Hold on to your wallets! Gas prices will skyrocket to get his agenda back on track!

[FunkyMonkee]

Remember how when Trump signed THREE executive orders, Joey said, "Anybody that rules by executive order is a dictator!" The very first thing he does when HE takes office is sign well over THIRTY executive orders!! But HE'S NOT A DICTATOR!!

[Surely]

@FunkyMonkee 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[BeMuse]

Price are up. If you shit in someones bed and then use a little toilet paper to wipe away a small portion of it, you still shit the bed.

[MCheetah]

Biden's people has done a great job ruining America and convincing the most braindead and retarded that he's doing a great job.

[Midgetmcwidget]

I don’t know we use coal for the fire. Much cheaper.

[Jacobbbb]

Yeah it's nice to see them going down not sure if he's the one responsible for it but great if he is

[jennifer_bloom]

He’s a man, not a God, he can’t be expected to single handedly solve the entire country.

[supercutebutt]

Yup. Thanks, Joe!

So much better than Nukie Trump.

[AviatorTom]

Gas prices are down but I don't know how much credit you can give to Joe Biden.

[FunkyMonkee]

NONE! They go down EVERY July!

[888theGreat]

Only because he is creating a depression to end Inflation. Gas might be 25 cents a gallon soon but no one will have a job or a quarter to buy any.

[888theGreat]

If Trump lied 100,000 times in 4 years , Biden has liked 1,000,000 times in 2 years