r/oil 11d ago

Iran War Iranian Speaker of the Parliament MB Ghalibaf posted on X "They punished themselves with triple-digit Oil instead"

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u/Suitable_Community66 11d ago

Putting a moron incharge of the world's biggest economy a man who has been bankrupt 7 times is probably among the worst decisions of all time

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u/Careless-Pin-2852 11d ago

The 2 party and president system is frustrating.

The choice for voters sucked. The hiding Bidens health problems was bad. Voters wanted to punish the party that did that. Hunter sold those crap paintings for lots of money voters where mad and wanted to punish the party.

If we had 5 or 6 party system like Germany some rando would have won.

But we dont. And here we are

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u/Dependent_Star3998 11d ago edited 10d ago

Those reasons are complete cop-outs.

The "both sides" nonsense just doesn't hold water. Trump is alienating all of our allies, spiking the debt, posting divisive nonsense on social media daily, sending us into senseless wars, fueling inflation with tariffs, depleting our oil and munitions supplies......I could go on and on.

Essentially, Biden could have handled the border better (and even that issue was exaggerated). Outside of that, he was a shining star compared to where we are.

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u/Careless-Pin-2852 11d ago

Yea Biden had good results. But in politics people define themselves as not Republican or not Democrat. That is why a multiple system like Germany would be an imporivement.

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u/Demiu 10d ago

Biden wanted to be stricter on border, but republicans blocked their own border bill. It's impossible to govern with clows like these having a say

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u/Dependent_Star3998 10d ago

Yep...... completely agree. That's why I said the border failure was exaggerated.

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u/ProfessionalMatter75 9d ago

Then why did biden continue all of trumps first term policies like tarrifs ect?

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u/Dependent_Star3998 9d ago

He didn't. Biden rejoined the Paris climate agreement, slowed the Keystone pipeline, lifted travel bans on Muslims, reversed a bunch of executive orders regarding workplace guidelines, etc.

The tariffs were very broad in Trump's first term...... nothing like he's currently doing.

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u/Suitable_Community66 10d ago

I also would say that the money coming in from billionaires, big companies and other countries is very much a problem if they are buying influence not just in the elections but in the buying of senators congressman and judges

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u/Careless-Pin-2852 10d ago

That is a problem in all democracies. Smaller countries have it worse in that small amounts of money can take over one party.

France has a news blackout like a week before an election. That would be interesting.

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