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Which is largely irrelevant.



As is the President re: gas pricing.


Which is not true either, as the dip we've seen over the past several weeks can attest. We've deeply tapped into our reserves (much more than expected as released yesterday) to achieve this. It seems like it might be short sighted and short lived.

Also if the president has no effect on gas prices why was ours groveling at the feet of the Saudi Prince?


> Also if the president has no effect on gas prices why was ours groveling at the feet of the Saudi Prince?

Because they're the people who can have an effect?

If Biden could tweak gas prices, he wouldn't have to do that.


Leaders have power through influence. Unless you are suggesting Biden has no influence, which in his specific case unfortunately might have some truth. But that's not generally the case with the president of the US.




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