Let's talk about OPEC telling Trump not to drill, baby, drill....

[@brockrobison8597]

It’s comical to me how people think the President controls gas prices

[@angie-gz4yg]

these are likely the same people who thinks Chump is for the working class

[@jonnelson9760]

Or egg prices.

[@suzannesheridan9535]

I know, right! It's the same issue here in Canada. Apparently the government is magical and can control everything.

[@brockrobison8597]

Exactly

[@brockrobison8597]

True

[@Ian_sothejokeworks]

Trump's biggest issue is that he doesn't understand literally anything.

[@MrGravylegs]

And our biggest deal is that somehow that moron got voted into the top job

[@Chez8922-kf6cy]

Make no mistake Trump knows how to manipulate the weak minded. The guy is talented at marketing shit products especially himself.

[@kerrytodd3753]

But you do?

[@Ian_sothejokeworks]

@@kerrytodd3753 Yes, but that's not relevant. I didn't promise the most gullible electorate in history that I'm the best person to fix problems I've either made up or don't understand. Only Donald Trump did that, so try to focus, kay?

[@kerrytodd3753]

@@Ian_sothejokeworks 😂 👌

[@kevincrooks639]

Nobody on the international stage is the least bit impressed by trump. He was an unknown quantity last time. Not now. We're in for it.

[@davidpaul6656]

Yup! He was a complete clown show on the international stage when he was laughed at during the UN meeting in his last term 🤣 Wait, this is gonna be even funnier!

[@AZsunflower]

Seems Macron and Trudeau are already kissing his a**.

[@DGPHolyHandgrenade]

Nah, the Saudis saw straight through him and did a lot of things they wouldnt have dared do under any other president. So many nations' dignitaries rented out entire floors of his DC hotel just to gain favor....and they got it. There's a reason the emouluments clause exists. You're not supposed to profit on the office.

[@wendyhoadley9236]

Just hoping that Trump’s shenanigans won’t bring about a catastrophic world trade war and a new global recession/depression. If he can restrain himself from using nuclear weapons on a hurricane or a foreign country, I will also be very grateful.

[@modernrelic7092]

Trump is trying to play that International Game of Poker when the only card game he knows is 52 Pickup.

[@alanhilder1883]

And he often loses at that.

[@angelikalindenau943]

While he of course is always the one that calls out the order...

[@Aiden-Rose1]

Ya but he grossly underpays "illegal immigrants" to pick them up for him

[@Mtnsunshine]

This made me chuckle. 😅. You are absolutely correct! 👍🏼

[@cathymarshall8327]

LOL Good one!

[@jeffw991]

"I doubt Trump would want to be seen as keeping prices on American consumers high while the rest of the world enjoys low prices anyway." Uh, that's also exactly what his tariffs will do. I don't think it bothers him.

[@angelikalindenau943]

He's far too self-absorbed to admit the reality.

[@johnsteiner3417]

He enjoys collective punishment.

[@ERAforALL]

Something I recently learned: gas prices are significantly lower in northern Virginia, where many of D.C.’s politicians in federal government reside.

[@johnsteiner3417]

@@ERAforALL Likely not an accident.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

I don’t think he even understands it.

[@kriseikenbery112]

Trumps biggest issue is that he’s an idiot!😅

[@jeffsstuff]

No! It’s that his voters are

[@Iskelderon]

But he's surrounded by accomplices who are capable of turning that malice into actions.

[@jamajonesgodwin3295]

That's our only hope Obi-Wan!

[@michaelgreaves2375]

TFG's concept of strategy and planning for anything only extends to sound bites that he thinks make him look good. Once he gets that far, nobody can talk him out of anything since he's "the smartest guy in the world."

[@jamajonesgodwin3295]

@@Iskelderon Well they are determined, and they've been working on this for years. Is there the same determination to save the Republic?

[@bel-amimargoles1209]

The only thing he cares about is what's in it for him. He'll go whichever way the grift is better.

[@angelikalindenau943]

Sadly at this stage he can spend his day farting, and still gets richer by default. It's a script so wicked that nobody would have dared offer it to Hollywood.

[@kingrayog]

@angelikalindenau943 Oh, Hollywood WILL make a movie about that clown ... after he's no longer a threat here. For all we know, they made one but put on the breaks when they realized he was running for President again. 😆😆

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

@@kingrayog They did already make one, and Agent Orange hates it, of course. It’s a biography of his life in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

[@kingrayog]

@@WhatIsThatAvi It must be more recent than back in the day. Funny, I don't remember it. Too busy partying & growing up. 😂

[@dennisyoung4631]

“After getting/using absolute power, and getting his revenge on everyone….”

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Trump's biggest problem with any promise he makes is that he just says shit with no intention of making good...which is our problem.

[@BJones-yw4dd]

... which is half the problem. The other half is that millions believe the idiocy he spews without one second of reflection.

[@arenam79]

None of it matters, they're all trained seals that will always blame democrats. Trump can do whatever he wants, he's the leader of a cult.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

@@BJones-yw4dd yeah...reflection is not an issue with them

[@snowdriftfury]

I hope he doesn't do anything he promised. I am hoping I get to keep my health care and social security and don't have to pay his 25 percent federal tax called tariffs and my neighbors don't get deported or put in concentration camps.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

@@snowdriftfury I hope he doesn't do anything hue promised either, but he will.

[@Frostbite08]

But Trump's a big, strong, manly man! Fox News told me he can do things just by thinking about it! Surely you can't be telling me that's not how the world works...

[@stevegrieb6596]

The U.S. is currently the world's largest oil producer, so there is about zero motivation to increase production. And tRump's comments are nothing more than the stupid BS that he likes to throw out to the True Believers.

[@homofloridensis]

Wait! What!? There are other nations in the world!? They can take actions on their own? They can defy Trump!?

[@stevegrieb6596]

@@homofloridensis Yeah, last time I looked that was true. In fact last time I looked even Putin was metaphorically pissing in Donald's face.

[@theskiesthelimit-q2k]

Do these other nations have concepts too?

[@JackDaniels1965]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Politalk2012]

I love how she specifically calls out people who voted for him thinking he will make gas (and housing) more affordable!! Highlights the ignorance!!

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Once again, The Felon learns that he is not all-powerful.

[@jcspoon573]

Do you really think he's learned anything, much less this lesson?

[@strawdemindset]

He will have to ACTUALLY go to the root of the problem to complete his campaign promise .. going after the oil companies to reduce their crack spread and bring gas/diesel prices down.

[@kingrayog]

@@strawdemindset With an attention span like that, he's not going to the root of anything. Did you not hear her, or are you suffering from the same thing the orange menace suffers from? Insanity!

[@kingrayog]

@@jcspoon573 Nope! 😂😂😂

[@josebrown5961]

He will find a way to make it not his fault, and his followers will be fine with whatever he says.

[@Nembula]

It's kinda fun watching the big boys of the world stage tell mango Mussolini how things really work.

[@suegreen7798]

There's also the fact that the oil drilled in the US isn't the oil they use for gasoline.....

[@fkknight1]

Good one, most people don’t know that.

[@boholde2757]

It’s not suitable……..octane levels are too low. Plus, it’s dirty. Permeated with mud and sand. It requires extra processing, thus the additional cost to refine.

[@randybenjamin5685]

Neither is that oil from Alberta, Canada. Biden got blamed early on for canceling the pipeline. Not one drop of that was headed to U.S. markets , either.

[@kerrytodd3753]

😂😂 TDS

[@stevedrinkard7297]

Correct our oil is light dirty that why we export it and import heavier crude that cheaper to refine.

[@jesalbrtarteaga64]

Mr.Six-Timer Bankrupt doesn’t seem to get it yet again….SMH!

[@mariegarside8830]

He does seem to be a slow to learn lessons.

[@alexandergutfeldt1144]

Seventh bankruptcy might the 'company' he starts 'running' in January!

[@user-mad7max11dystopia]

Great. The world will be awash in oil when what we need is fresh water.

[@davidellis4084]

Cleveland has ample fresh water available. Come here.

[@user-mad7max11dystopia]

@ you might not say that when the world starts showing up to your invitation

[@boholde2757]

@@davidellis4084Cleveland aye?……….I’ll pass.

[@trinadavidson4521]

He may want oil companies to drill more, but they already have sites they aren't drilling. They are drilling as much as they want to.

[@ninemoonplanet]

The market IS dwindling on the international stages. People are moving away from filthy air, smog and lung diseases to things like insulating homes and heat pumps which are far more efficient than any furnaces on the market.

[@jared7211]

You must live where oil is produced because your statement is dead on.

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

Trump should be NOWHERE near the White House except GITMO...period...

[@alanhilder1883]

In the big house not the white house.

[@anitraahrens905]

I'm all for sending him to GITMO PDQ and stripping him of his citizenship. He should be a person without a country.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

It's going to be a bumpy ride.

[@anitraahrens905]

@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Indeed!

[@kreiner1]

As that price bottoms out, I just want to remind my fellow oklahomans that every single county voted red.

[@pbsanstead]

Hi, fellow Oklahoman! #BlueDotOklahoma

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

Just to remind all, OPEC sets & regulates gas prices & NOT the president 💙

[@mistywilson2801]

I need this in sticker form so I can inform people who refuse to listen. I feel a sticker meets them at the child level they live on

[@gregallen4272]

And the Maga cult morons will never believe this because it won't be said on foxxx soft porn channel. Or Eloons twat X channels

[@fueymanchoo1291]

But when the price doesn't come down we need to be calling that out as a Trump failure to deliver. That how Maga understands it. You just have to learn to speak Maga whether you believe the bullshit or not.

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

And it is, in the final analysis, the source of value for the US dollar. OPEC+ is said to have a nuclear option against the dollar - by converting barrel prices to a basket of currencies... something strongly desired by Iran and Russia.

[@jamajonesgodwin3295]

@@mistywilson2801 Oh as soon as the prices rise those people will be the very ones screaming this. We seem to be in a paradox don't we?

[@wsb4586]

Belle's clear eyed explanations and clarifications are always appreciated. It's all we need.

[@Noreb]

we live in the stupidest timeline.

[@fonkenful]

@@Noreb Not hard to imagine that things are at the early stage of the arc from Gilead, through its decline towards Idiocracy.

[@macmcleod1188]

There are many stupid possible timelines. This is also one of the cruelest ones.

[@danielwnorowski2553]

And we will die in the stupidest timeline, and by our own volition. and entirely unnecessarily.

[@HarryDirtay]

I suggest anti nausea medication. Swirling around the toilet bowl can cause dizziness. 😮

[@brandex2011]

​@@macmcleod1188 It only seems like that. Humanity has always been basically cruel, and *_that's_* what distinguishes our species from the other animals. Yes, there are some chimpanzees that murder and cannibalize, but unlike humans, they are not representative of their species. With humans, the converse is evident.

[@stonedsasquatch]

I'm sure glad the rest of the world was making moves for a second trump. We may not be able to count on our government to reel trump in but we can count on other nations to hobble him and humble him

[@AuntieMamies]

I am trying to adopt the mindset that I have absolutely no idea what this guy is gonna do. It's simultaneously comforting and terrifying

[@theskiesthelimit-q2k]

Neither does he!

[@AuntieMamies]

@theskiesthelimit-q2k i know. I think he has an outline. Watching him on TV right now talking about ending birthright citizenship. That's definitely gonna happen. Definitely gonna cut SS and Medicaid, so my husband and I are gonna lose our healthcare

[@theskiesthelimit-q2k]

Don't despair Auntie Mamies! You and your husband will be all right. tRump is a lot of blow and not a lot of know. He won't be able to do all that he has threatened to do.

[@karenm7857]

@@AuntieMamies I think he will TRY. He will put up a proposal or have someone write a bill. A Constitutional Amendment is a whole nother critter from a law. Getting 2/3 of the States to Ratify it might take awhile. It certainly will take MUCH more than his Sharpie. We are in the same situation. We are both on SSI and our son draws from my husband. I don't know what we will do if they cut Medicare/Medicaid and SSI. I have had breast cancer two times and hubby has joint issues and needs replacement for 4. I worry too. Stopped watching all the content creators I did pre-Nov 5. Only Belle now. I can't deal with the others.. to much emotional manipulation. Anyway. Keep the faith!

[@AuntieMamies]

@theskiesthelimit-q2k i don't think he would be able to do it by himself. But he's got a lot of people in his own party that want to. The only real hope is that he won't get the votes because some people need to get reelected

[@rosshargett8019]

Trump will do whatever the oligarchs, who give him any praise, want him to do. Whether that hurts hard working Americans or not.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

That's a very unfortunate truth Ross!

[@CricketsBay]

Yup. Whichever oligarch talks to him last, he will do or say what they want. 5 minutes later, a different oligarch compliments his hair and tells him a different plan, he'll say and do that. Dementia Don is Going to be America's Downfall.

[@plantyfan]

Does everyone have their "Trump's fault" stickers for the gas pumps? I can't wait!

[@michelleferguson9104]

Where can I get those stickers? That’s great 😂

[@plantyfan]

@michelleferguson9104 wherever they ordered the Biden ones I assume lol

[@kingrayog]

@@plantyfan I've not seen one for either. That's a thing? LOL I do have a sweatshirt that says, "Don't blame me. I voted for the Black woman!" 😆

[@SeasonedCitizen]

​@@kingrayog I must find a shirt like yours!

[@casbot71]

And don't forget the Leopards eating people's faces merch... Could leopardprint be co-opted as shorthand for that?

[@Leonaza7]

He is just trying to protect his rich oil buddies and keep the prices of oil up so we have to pay more at the pump

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

A president doesn't control the oil market, but his friends might. I'm sure drumph wants his friends to be prosperous.

[@ERAforALL]

@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975Look at the price of gas in the Virginia counties surrounding D.C.

[@kingrayog]

@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 He wants to own as many oil companies as his rich buddies can buy him. Then drill baby drill. Didn't you hear what he said already? He will control it here if he can buy enough of whatever owns those drills. I'm not sure how that works. I smelled plenty of those places when I lived in Houston and it made me start snoring. 😂

[@DanUpdegraff]

Profits aside, just remember the more we drill, the faster we use up that finite resource.

[@Mtnsunshine]

And mess up the environment even faster.😢

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

I thought the prevailing wisdom was to buy everyone else’s oil and reserve the majority of our own for emergencies, but I guess there’s not much wisdom left, prevailing or otherwise.

[@aaronjoseph1777]

Oil is a commodity if you oversupply the price tanks

[@michellewarmath7811]

@@Mtnsunshine not to mention that oil provides the feedstocks for just about everything we use - not just gas and electricity and heating.

[@floriom9644]

And the more carbon gases are added into the atmosphere ....bye bye earth

[@Bum_Hip]

God, I can’t wait until oil is as important to the global economy as silk, and beaver pelts are now.

[@juliemissick4206]

Ah, the good old days!

[@Shane2020xxx]

Oil industry used to mean whale oil!

[@gordonmills2748]

I'm old enough to remember the oil crisis in the 70s, and people lining up at gas stations to fill their cars. OPEC has ALWAYS had us by the short ones, and the dumbest President since Truman isn't going to change that.

[@lindapereboom]

On either odd or even days depending on the 1st number of your car's license plate

[@kingrayog]

I remember it too. I was in those lines. SMFH

[@mrb.5610]

If Trump or any other President had a functioning brain cell, they'd make a 'before this decade is out' speech and all out fund a practical fusion reactor. But they won't.

[@kevincrooks639]

Me too. Fucking awful.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

I was a wee child growing up in Arizona for that. Those lines were fckn miserable in that desert heat. One of my earliest memories.

[@soulsquest]

Gas has a shelf life after you drill or process it. It should be used strategically, and not squandered for no reason.

[@WBS001]

True, but it has to be stored in huge tanks/natural "tank" structures. Once they're full, where do you put more? There are natural limits to drill-baby-drill, and they're not under ANYONE's control (OPEC, trump, anyone). To increase demand for gas, the price has to drop -perhaps a lot, especially from tariff-fueled highs - to get people to start driving again (think during/after COVID). The US oil barons won't be happy about having to lower prices, so they may not side with trump on this one. Actual business knowledge about how things work will absolutely come into play here, and trump is defenseless in that arena.

[@donaldwert7137]

"... or whatever is motivating him that particular day." Yep.

[@helengarrett6378]

Demand will likely go down next year because none of us will be able to afford any.

[@grandaddyc]

Bingo, Helen. There is a trade imbalance or deficit. ($34T) the coffers are running dry, what to do, what to do. No worries we shall tax America by imposing import tariffs which are paid by the people, who then run out of discretionary money and the trade imbalance rebalances somewhat. Come to think of it we could still give tax breaks to the 1%.

[@Lisa-tj4ju]

I still cant believe we're stuck with him!

[@franklacey5054]

But “Drill, Baby, Drill” fits on a bumper sticker, so that’s what we’re going with. 🙄

[@davidfeinstein4067]

MAGA CHUDS live for memes.....especially when they don't actually realize what they are saying

[@sarchizm]

Nobody tells Trump what to do, not even Trump!

[@kingrayog]

Too many different voices in his head. He doesn't know who is who anymore. 😆

[@junkerzn7312]

Just to remind everyone, "drill baby drill" mostly means "drill shale", and most shale oil is exported because U.S. refineries can't process it. So... start there.

[@alexhajnal107]

Not exactly my bailiwick but isn't the initial refinement typically done in Canada (e.g. Alberta) and then sent to the US (e.g. Texas) for final processing?

[@funnyguy8728]

Or it's shipped by rail and trucks. We need Thorium nuclear power plants to be built Much safer than uranium reactors.

[@WBS001]

@@alexhajnal107 Don't know myself, but if true, then tariff-baby-tariff! (and possibly in BOTH directions, if Canada imposes reciprocal tariffs). $7/gal may seem like a bargain (my niece lives in California and that's the basement price for her)

[@alexhajnal107]

@@funnyguy8728 Thorium = Easy route to nuclear weapons. That's pretty much the only thing holding it back.

[@Deadmangafan]

@@alexhajnal107 Execpt that it isn't useful for nuclear weapons.

[@laktisandpipik9265]

Doesn't mean the fraudster won't say it's happening and it's working. The man, and I use that word grudgingly, can't lay in bed straight and wouldn't know the truth if it bit him.

[@ziploc2000]

Exactly, it doesn't matter what actually happens, he'll lie about the results, and his moronic MAGAts will cheer as he steals their remaining peanuts.

[@toddtalbott8243]

Without refineries that can handle the over production, it doesn't matter.

[@repete2362]

USA gas plenty of refinery capasity . one of our biggest exports is refined oil products

[@raymondturpin3265]

No doubt Trump does not understand the complexity of the world market. Trump often shows he does not understand basic things in everyday life. He says what he finds people like to hear and goes with just as he has said he does.

[@Shane2020xxx]

Irritatingly, that and being given a giant inheritance has somehow been just enough to stumble through life this far.

[@graydanerasmussen4071]

My electric moped and I are laughing all the way to the.... -outlet? :D

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

🤣

[@deannaclifford1177]

The incoming president seldom worries about facts and his followers don’t bother to learn about what his off the hand comments may mean for their bank account.

[@cosmicaug]

Also, most of the new American oil is costly just to take out of the ground. Lower the price of oil enough and it simply becomes too expensive to pump out of the ground.

[@Quagma-b2i]

The profit margin on oil from fracking is very bad if oil drops much below its current price.

[@MrGibsn1960]

Trump doesn't make decisions based on any complexity of the actual market.

[@WASDLeftClick]

Just another way in which Trump’s upcoming term spells global economic depression.

[@angelikalindenau943]

Belle o'clock! My favourite time slot of the day!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

I feel very blessed that my favorite time of the day happens at least 3 times a day!

[@angelikalindenau943]

​@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975I'm with you on this. Even if sometimes I can't keep up in real time.

[@haroldoftherock8973]

You mean like the way he lost the last go around with OPEC and drove gas prices up

[@CricketsBay]

Yes, like that.

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

OPEC+ attacked the US fracking industry twice by flooding the market, in 2014 and 2020. That final flood was ill-timed, as American storage capacity was topped off as demand plummeted due to COVID. The effects on UAE's and KSA's economy for that 2014 flood was significant... with UAE no longer subsidizing gasoline prices and adding a 5% VAT tax to all goods and services. (eg., a 5% bump on your lease.) They have to strike a balance that allows them to hurt US frackers while not hurting themselves.

[@gawainjones9427]

As always, thanks for keeping my wife and I more informed, Gow and Ky norcal💙

[@VentureNW]

The current price per barrel of oil is bit low for American producers, literally right now, as they need prices to stay above $75, in order to rake in piles of money. Drilling more would not be in their interests.

[@to-ree-neewolf1742]

Good morning Belle. Thank you for the concise commentary. Excellent as always.

[@Volf1916]

I get such a huge laugh at everyone that thinks drilling matters. I mean at all. Seriously, did ANYONE have the brain capacity to understand the limitations on actually extracting after the drills have stopped making the hole? Where is the transportation system to accommodate the additional quantity of oil from the holes dirlled? How about the refining capacity? Storage? Docks for ships to onload? How about the workers? Dum Dum Donny is cutting millions from the workforce on day one, the massive worker shortage is going to in what way produce capable workers for all the additional shipping, pumping, refining, storage, (don't bother with safety as that is gone with the EPA being shut down). Go ahead. Poke more holes in the ground. All they are going to do is put caps on them like they have been doing for years.

[@whodey2112]

Trump Slump incoming.

[@holgerlubotzki3469]

The main reason that OPEC nations are able to produce oil at lower cost than the USA is because they have reservoirs that require fewer wells and less downhole hardware to produce the same volume of oil.

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Really appreciate how you articulate these concepts quite simply and in a very easy to understand way.

[@cynthiapool6972]

I LOVE YOU GUYS ❤ you make me happy for being informed. Thanks 😊

[@MBMCincy63]

Belle O'clock Ranchhands, happy afternoon 😃

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

Happy afternoon, to you, Mary Beth! 😊😃😉

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

I hope you're having a lovely Sunday afternoon Mary Beth!

[@milot2311]

Thank You Belle and Team for the News Highlights and ⚠Observations. We'll see how the trump🤡 Show meets 👀reality.

[@scottyp1303]

I wonder if Wharton wants to rescind his degree yet, between his infatuation with tariffs and drill baby drill. I doubt he could even pass a high school economics class.

[@benoithudson7235]

They got his money. What more could they want?

[@scottyp1303]

@benoithudson7235 More likely they got Fred's money. Until he got THE APPRENTICE, Lil' Donnie was living off daddy's money. Now it's Saudis, MAGAT, and oligarchs.

[@tonymedahunsi4625]

Everything that he promised people for their vote ain’t gonna happen, unless it’s about hurting people or making him and his rich friends richer. He’s a rhymes with Long Fartist.

[@kennethhamilton6727]

Keep it up 💙💙💙

[@SaberToothBicycle]

Ready, Set, Nope! Where I live, the rail-transit runs on 100% locally-generated wind-energy. My home energy is also generated 100% green and local. The fossil fuels industry isn't entitled to one cent of my money.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Where do you live with that kind of mass transit Tim?

[@WBS001]

Damn, I _wish_ I had that option, but I live in a modest townhouse, and have no place to put solar let alone wind. All I can do is make my stuff as efficient as I can inside the walls.

[@ERAforALL]

@@WBS001THAT is a huge part of the multi prong solution to our energy usage, reducing energy consumption. We all need to practice it better. As someone else posted, something like 40% of oil goes into the production of plastics. We need to reduce use of them, as well.

[@lyarrastark6254]

Thank you, Belle. Your thoughts are always worth listening to.

[@Andre-qo5ek]

it is almost like America should get ahead of the curve and get into renewables......

[@Andre-qo5ek]

"supporting" oil companies.. means keeping the price HIGH for shareholders.... incredible that people don't understand "the economy" and prices are correlated in favor of the corporation, not the people.

[@eileendunn2130]

Wow!! First I've heard of this.... Thanks, Belle.

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

😊 It's Belle 🕓'clock time Again! 😉

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good afternoon good Donald! I hope you're having a wonderful day so far!

[@angelikalindenau943]

A very special time, each time it rolls around.

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the commentary, Belle.

[@jeanine1410]

Thank you Belle and Team.

[@anotheruser676]

No understanding of supply and demand or the global marketplace. I wonder what will happen when American corporations refuse to do his bidding?

[@WBS001]

They should, but will it actually happen? They're already bending the knee...

[@TreeCutterDoug]

Hello friends!

[@Erin-Thor]

Hello Doug!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good morning Doug! I hope you have a beautiful Sunday!

[@jarrodplumlee1714]

Thanks

[@fmcg5364]

Much of the oil produced will be from fracking, the area that trump has been talking about is all about fracking and much of the oil cannot be accessed because the equipment to reach that oil supply has not been invented yet.

[@WBS001]

But, but, but... he is super smart, and has a smart brain, and the best words; surely that's.... _enough_ ... no?

[@oldarchillies163]

One word - plastics. Thirty to fourty-five percent of oil consumed is plastics. Want oil production to decrease, then stop using plastic packaging.

[@kingrayog]

Unless you are a CEO of multiple monopolies, you have no idea what you're talking about. Even if the average person stops using plastic, we have nothing to do with companies using plastic when they ship goods. 🙄

[@cho4d]

while i agree that wasteful use of plastic is bad, plastic its self is an insanely useful material. I don't care about oil production per se i care about how we use that oil... and using it to make plastics is probably the best use of it.

[@whygohome172]

Demand is decreasing because people are buying electric vehicles. My friend just bought one for $40,000 with a $5000 rebate and 3 years OF FREE CHARGING!

[@CricketsBay]

Free charging where? Like, the local gas station has a little depot with charging stations for Tesla cars, no charge to the customer, ever. Very few people seem to use it though. The local electric company across the river installed not so free charging stations outside their headquarters. Those get used 24/7. Most everybody seems to charge their electric car at home though.

[@miragegrey4177]

But isn't our oil heavy, sour, and more difficult to refine and Saudi oil light, sweet, easily refined?

[@michaelgreaves2375]

Yep. It's great for complex distillates. It fractures well for certain industrial chemicals. It's just not the best for gasoline.

[@florencejessup2432]

No, it is the opposite. US oil is mostly from shale and is light, sweet. US refineries mostly process heavy sour because they were built decades ago when heavy, sour dominated the oil market. The upshot of this is that US oil is not used to produce US gas.

[@WBS001]

I wasn't familiar with the sweet/sour terms (looked them up), but appreciate the education. Perhaps we could convince Mr. smart-brain best-words to chug some and tell us the difference in taste (didn't he tell us to drink bleach and disinfectant the last time around? It's directly in-parallel with his own suggestions)

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Don't the oil companies decide how much to drill? Is it even trump's decision?!

[@WBS001]

Yes they do. No, it isn't. Last time around, trump gave them hundreds of drill-permits; none were used; all were "banked" for future use when prices would (presumably) be higher. That's why Biden *tried* to pull some of them (unused permits) back

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Drumph's only goal is to convince his followers that he controls the world.

[@arttimm9153]

Since I am from one of the nations in the Organization of Fuel Using Countries …

[@goodun2974]

O-FUC? 🤔😉

[@chaunceyfeatherstone6209]

@@goodun2974 I like that it has "Translate to English" under your reply.

[@goodun2974]

@@chaunceyfeatherstone6209 , The translate to english option is visible and available for you but I don't see it underneath my own comment!

[@chaunceyfeatherstone6209]

@@goodun2974 Everyone else will get the joke, though, so you're okay!

[@maggiemurdoch5698]

I really wish all the Rs would listen to you Belle instead of faux "news" they would learn so much!

[@angelikalindenau943]

But to them Beau/Belle are like holy water to the devil!

[@maggiemurdoch5698]

@angelikalindenau943 True that!! Lol! But the thing with Belle she just points out and explains the facts, not for one side or the other. Just facts

[@rayprice2015]

You can't fix stupid.

[@ankem4329]

Well hello again, that's really surprising news for me

[@Erin-Thor]

AnKeM, unexpected! I think OPEC might want their 2 billion back!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

I imagine that you're not the only one who's surprised Ankem! I hope your evening is peaceful tonight!

[@ericadelgado6790]

Wow! Thank you for the info.

[@kenbrown2808]

I've noticed over the years that every time gas prices come down significant;y, the oil industry has some form of incident that reduces production capacity.

[@SaberToothBicycle]

We just need to stop setting fire to stuff for energy. All the burning-for-energy we could ever possibly use--is happening over at our local star. The Sun.

[@Phelan_noctem_carpe]

❤yes well put

[@alanhilder1883]

So you support using a fusion nuclear reactor... Watch the nut jobs come out about using nuclear. ;-) If I set up a renewable power plant I would advertise it as using a fusion nuclear reactor just to get the publicity ( The biggest fusion reactor in 3 light years )

[@WBS001]

@@alanhilder1883 You, good Sir, would be a MASTER in marketing!

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

The more renewable energy we can create, the better for everyone!

[@SaberToothBicycle]

@@alanhilder1883 I love it!

[@orionpax5012]

Facts matter.. Too bad corporate media is too focused on sound bites🙄🤦‍♂️

[@mjdiiii]

There are a lot of small oil wells in my area. A drive in the country shows me one out of five actually pumping. The rest sit idle. Demand, and the price of oil control their output. The command of an idiot will not affect their productivity one bit.

[@philippschwartzerdt3431]

Let him “Drill baby, drill!” It will not only crush Putin, but also Trump eventually and the billionaires supporting him.

[@benoithudson7235]

Dropping oil prices would be fine with me. Takes money out of dictators’ pockets, and the market is declining anyway.

[@thehellyousay]

most of the world's dictators were installed by america.

[@kingrayog]

Did you stop listening after she said what would happen if he caused that? He does NOT want to get in a fight with OPEC ... they will win that fight cuz they can produce it cheaper. Attention spans are really hurting AmeriKKKans.

[@denisecorzette1676]

Good afternoon, Ms.Belle ✌️

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

👋

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good afternoon dear Denise! I hope you're having a beautiful day!

[@denisecorzette1676]

@@donaldmrambojr5695 🐈‍⬛🌞✌️

[@denisecorzette1676]

@@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Good afternoon, Victoria. Best wishes of the day .🐈‍⬛☀️✌🏻

[@Burevix]

US oil producers refuse to drill baby drill, so in a stunning move Trump nationalizes oil extraction and production. The timeline we never saw coming.

[@alanhilder1883]

That is how the company ended up under mr Schindler in Schindler's list.

[@alexhajnal107]

Sounds like communism.

[@cassfonnesbeck8057]

Oh my, I hadn't thought of that!

[@WBS001]

True; after trump's last stint, they had hundreds of drilling permits that went unused; they were banking it as reserves for future use at higher prices.

[@RogerThornton-y5o]

So in other words ever thing Trump talks about is nothing but 💩

[@wtfdoino605]

Shake em down for another couple Billion for Jared's Investment Fund that, last I heard, has not paid out any profits in four years.

[@Redipstick]

Hahaha!!!! Again stupid is as stupid does. This is so funny.

[@sparkysmalarkey]

So crazy how the one trick pony has no real ideas.

[@modernrelic7092]

He has "concepts" of ideas, though. 🙄

[@907T]

Exactly. There’s no reason for oil producers to increase production to lower the price for their product.

[@tombrown4683]

Howdy y'all

[@donaldmrambojr5695]

Howdy 👋🤠✌, our friend Tom !

[@Erin-Thor]

Howdy ALL Y’all! 🤠

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Good afternoon friend Tom! I hope your work went/is going well and you're enjoying the day!

[@tombrown4683]

@donaldmrambojr5695 hope your Sunday feels better than mine. 🤞👋🐤🌻🌞🍀 !

[@tombrown4683]

@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 Thank you Victoria. Today just stiff & aching. Got more work lined up. But going to take a break after that. Have a good afternoon friend !

[@joeyhebert9881]

Thanks for posting

[@stevekelly6211]

Pretty sure they don't want to produce more, they only want the deregulation.

[@sylvainlabbe4899]

You are right ❤

[@sunshine3914]

He never thinks, especially ahead. Been paying $2.09/gal for the last 5 weeks in south Texas, never thought I’d see that price again.

[@Lilo-A]

Do we have the capability to process more oil than we currently do?

[@Quagma-b2i]

I don't think so, no.

[@soularddave2]

With the felon, its all about sound bites & applause. He doesn't understand what he's yammering on about.

[@janice193]

Exactly right! That's why it never gives the same answer twice....it doesn't even remember what it said! It doesn't give a rip about the words, just the applause!

[@angelikalindenau943]

But he damn well understands how to initiate clickbait, and cash in on it.

[@WhatIsThatAvi]

Neither do the people who applaud him.

[@katboss4886]

Thanks Belle as always. Time to grocery shop. Yikes.

[@victoriajohnson-parratt6975]

Hi Kat! I hope you accomplish your shopping with ease!

[@katboss4886]

I like that I can walk. Every step counts. @@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 I