Donald Trump is apparently feeling the heat from soaring oil prices — because the president just unleashed a remarkable series of Truth Social posts blaming just about everyone except himself.
With global energy markets under enormous pressure from the ongoing conflict with Iran, Trump took to Truth Social on Monday and insisted that oil was flowing through the Strait of Hormuz before turning his anger toward the rest of the world.
“The Countries of the World, which have been no help to us whatsoever, should, and will, reimburse the United States of America,” Trump declared.
But then things got weird.
Trump referred to the conflict as a “SCAM Confligration” — apparently misspelling “conflagration” — while complaining that the United States was doing far more for other countries than for itself.
“We are doing it much more for others, than we are for ourselves, and we have been for Generations!” Trump wrote.
And he wasn’t finished.
Just minutes later, Trump returned to Truth Social with another message — this time attempting to explain away rising prices at home.
His culprit?
Joe Biden.
“I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by ‘TRUMP,’” Trump wrote.
Yes, really.
Trump has been back in the White House for well over a year, yet with Americans once again confronting painful energy costs, he is still reaching backward to blame his predecessor.
Trump went on to insist that oil had previously been more expensive under Biden and predicted that the current spike would disappear once the conflict with Iran ends.
“With the temporary exception of Oil, prices are coming down sharply,” Trump claimed, before predicting that oil would “drop like a rock” once the military conflict is over.
Whether Americans are willing to accept that explanation is another question entirely.
The energy situation has become increasingly serious. The shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West pipeline following an attack has removed a major route capable of bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude has climbed above $105 per barrel as markets grapple with the disruption.
And the political timing could hardly be worse for Trump.
The midterm elections are approaching, and energy prices have historically been among the most visible economic pressures for American voters. Every trip to the gas station gives consumers a price tag they can see in enormous numbers right in front of them.
That leaves Trump facing a problem that can’t simply be wished away with another Truth Social post.
His solution, at least for now, appears to be familiar: blame Biden, blame other countries, promise the problem will soon disappear — and insist none of it is his responsibility.
But after nearly two years back in the Oval Office, voters may have some questions about how long the president can keep pointing at the guy who isn’t president anymore.
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Trump doesn’t seem to want to take responsibility for the things he causes. Why is that?