Trump thanks Saudi Arabia for falling oil prices: 'Let's go lower'

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Wednesday morning thanked Saudi Arabia for the falling price of oil, cheering the drop and urging, "Let's go lower!"

"Oil prices getting lower," Trump tweeted. "Great! Like a big Tax Cut for America and the World. Enjoy! $54, was just $82. Thank you to Saudi Arabia, but let’s go lower!"

The tweet comes a day after Trump released a statement reaffirming close ties with Saudi Arabia despite a CIA report that found Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman likely ordered the assassination of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.

"Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event — maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!" Trump said in the statement, adding that "we may never know" who was responsible.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417788-trump-thanks-saudi-arabia-for-falling-oil-prices-lets-go-lower

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[democratisphere]

1. Anything to deflect criticism away from MBS the barbarian and

his henchmen. WE WILL NEVER F'ING FORGET UNTIL MBS IS GONE!

[watoos]

9. I've noticed we've been getting

a lot of pro Trump threads here from the "Hill."

[NotAPuppet]

2. Let's go lower..

is Trump’s life motto!

[jberryhill]

7. I believe it is on the Trump family crest

[area51]

30. GMTA n/t

[Roy Rolling]

3. Oil Prices

How low is enough for a moron with no clue why oil prices fluctuate? Like everything else, every time he opens his mouth he makes it worse for us.

[Iliyah]

4. And you can kill as people journalists as you like . . .

[True Blue American]

21. If this does not make Congress act

They are lower and more ignorant than Trump.

[cstanleytech]

5. Trump knows all about going lower on alot of things.

Take higher ethical standard? Trump has shown has that to get the EC to elect you to the office of President that a person need have no ethical standards at all.

[VMA131Marine]

6. Low oil prices are, of course, bad for US oil producers

Especially those working the Bakken fields in North and South Dakota.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Exactly

Oil and gas extraction employs 150K Americans, with wages from $40K at the low end to $150K for engineers. You know, those "good" jobs that everyone wants more of.

The thing is, the volatility of oil prices doesn't really help anyone but oil traders. I've lived around the O&G business all my life. There is a significant down side to cheap oil. Cheap oil means cheap gas, and that means more people buying gas guzzlers instead of sippers. It makes greener energy sources like solar and wind less viable. It shuts down extraction here in the US, costing thousands of jobs and making us more dependent on the murdering thugs of SA.

[exboyfil]

26. I was thinking North Dakota must love all that Republican representation

First the soybeans and now the oil.

[tanyev]

8. Jim Acosta might want to avoid Saudi Arabia for the next couple of years.

[Bengus81]

10. Crude was 42.00 a barrel in Nov 2016,it's only gone UP since Trump took office....

Then suddenly **GASP** in Sept 2018 it started dropping. Gee wonder why?? Elections and his MURDERER buddy in SA. When the Crown Prince of KILLING knows they have dip shit 100% in their pocket crude prices will SOAR.

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[pazzyanne]

12. The cost to our nation was not in greenbacks.

The cost was the murder of Khashoggi and tRump providing cover for MBS. Disgusting POS!

[The Liberal Lion]

13. The essence of this is trump is trying to have America find murder acceptable

so long as gas prices go lower. This is truly an insane world we have.

If America fails to remove this cancer, then America will deserve whatever consequences it gets.

Regime change now, by any means necessary!

[Demonaut]

14. that's what he meant by a tax cut for the middle class, paid for with Jamal Khashoggi's life

[rdking647]

15. its a lie

the high for WTI crude was 76.54

if he is talking about brent crude the high was 82 but its currently at 63.75 not 54...

[Botany]

17. Everything he says is a lie. And his timing is so off too.

Of all the days to tweet out a pro Saudi statement today is not one.

[PeeJ52]

18. I hope our integrity was worth it to you, Mr. pResident

It's not to me. I am ashamed of my country. I don't want to live here any more.

[kacekwl]

19. His base and sadly many others will buy it because

of course it's all about them paying less for gas and if some mooselam reporter was killed so be it. I wonder if truckers are as happy with diesel fuel still over 3.00 a gal.

[TygrBright]

20. If [Redacted] goes any lower he'll pop through the Earth's crust in the Pacific somewhere. n/t

[True Blue American]

22. Scarborough said this morning

This is all about Trump making money after he gets out of the WH from Saudi Arabia.

[ewagner]

23. Was this the payback for not imposing sanctions? n/t

[JonLP24]

24. Trump is inaccurate here

It is combination of multiple countries especially us leading to a larger supply of oil in the global market.

[dawg day]

25. He is perverted.

The point he keeps making is that it's all good that MBS dismembered an innocent man.

[HelenWheels]

27. Oil mixed with blood of journalists comes from Saudi Arabia

[duforsure]

28. And for his bankruptcy bailouts?

I have always wondered if he took money before or after his bankruptcy's , my guess is they was another money source for him.

[justgamma]

29. It's a good thing

that there is an endless supply of oil and we will never,ever run out. (sarcasm)

[sharedvalues]

31. Please don't post The Hill! It does Trump's bidding.

The Hill is owned by a Trumpite billionaire, and he uses it to do things like this- amplify Trump’s BS by repeating it without challenge.

See:
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/11742831