Trump Set Fire to Oil Markets, Then Blamed Biden for the Smoke

Trump Set Fire to Oil Markets, Then Blamed Biden for the Smoke

So here’s the real tea on oil prices—

In 2020, Trump made a backroom deal with OPEC to cut global oil production, just as demand cratered from COVID lockdowns. Why? U.S. oil companies were begging for help. They couldn’t make a profit unless prices stayed high, so Trump asked OPEC to reduce supply.

In short:

Trump cut supply during a demand drop… to prop up prices.

Then, when demand bounced back post-lockdowns and supply was still suppressed from that OPEC deal?

Boom—record-high oil prices.

And now everyone’s pointing fingers at Biden like he somehow time-traveled back to 2020 and signed the deal himself.

Reality check:

Under Biden, U.S. oil production hit record highs.

But you can’t magically undo a global supply chain bottleneck caused by a prior administration’s sweetheart deal with oil cartels.

As for the “open border” panic:

Let’s break down the conservative fever dream.

There are border checkpoints.

There are deportations.

There are detentions.

There is processing.

“10 million encounters” doesn’t mean 10 million people walked in and got a housewarming gift. An encounter is literally… an encounter. As in: border patrol met someone, processed them, and decided what to do next.

So when Republicans scream “open borders,” maybe someone should ask them to define it.

Because from the looks of it, “open” now means not sealed in concrete and surrounded by sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their heads.

If you set the house on fire, you don’t get to blame the next guy for the flames—especially when he brought the hose.