High Oil Prices are Good!

Dear Leader says so.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to military families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Friday, February 13, 2026.
Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

As we all know, we have always been at war with Eastasia.

Dear Leader notes:

No doubt this is all multi-dimensional chess.

Of course, all snark and literary allusions aside, this is just another example of when he says that “we” make a lot of money, he doesn’t mean us normal people. He means, at best, the economy as a whole, but really just means the investor class. I bet he made quite a bit of money in the last couple of weeks, as it seems rather likely that some of his holdings are in oil stocks.

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Steven L. Taylor
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.

Comments

  1. Daryl says:

    I damn sure hope Dems are already making an ad featuring this!!!

    That photo…I love when he does the mental floss dance with his itty bitty hands…

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