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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (355371)	11/21/2025 7:07:03 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 364649

Yup, with a weak demand because of an increasingly stressed economy - gas prices are weak. Only someone completely out of touch with the rules of capitalism would see this as a good thing. While petroleum demand is lower (and hence prices are lower), that is how supply an demand works. But it isn't because of a "stressed" economy, at least in any traditional meaning. Higher tariffs on Indian imports of Russian crude, various geopolitical considerations, demand reductions due to EVs and other conditions -- some caused by Trump policy, some not. It would take a good deal of analysis to determined precise, and I see no evidence anyone has done it.