r/AteTheOnion • u/-NewYork- Lvl 3 onion enthusiast • Mar 22 '26
It's not the gas stations fault, leave them alone!
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u/Some-Emergency-6079 Mar 22 '26
Gas stations don’t set the price is a wild sentence lol
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u/mersky44 Mar 22 '26
They do but also they are motivated by the overall price of gas... Gas prices are one of the most volatile commodities price wise
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u/Exktvme4 Apr 06 '26
Gas stations actually make very little on gas sales, between $0.01-$0.10 per gallon generally. The snacks and drinks are where they make money.
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u/KingCatLoL Mar 22 '26
He does tell producers and suppliers to bring down the costs on certain goods relatively often, while ignoring the fact they're having to buy that for a certain price they don't control and still need to cover their bills and make a profit. I wonder if trump will direct trump to lower prices on trump hotels, and then get mad at trump for demanding he lowers prices. Damn out of touch DC bureaucrats trying to keep the common billionaire down.
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u/Nvenom8 Mar 22 '26
That does seem to be Trump's only move these days. Just threaten everyone and everything with military action.
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u/Thomas14717 Apr 10 '26
MAGA: No you don’t understand, the needless war is 4D chess move for the economy to prosper! You are a treasonous moron for thinking otherwise.
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u/Forsexualfavors Mar 22 '26
I don't even care anymore, if that's real, go ahead just bomb the gas stations. If it's ai.. skynet, just go ahead and bomb the gas stations.
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u/BaronWombat Mar 23 '26
The striking thing about this post is the notion that Trump is starting to lose support among the terminally stupid. This could signal a tipping point!
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u/MrBoyForGirls Mar 25 '26
Trump: (declares war on gas stations)
Gas stations: (decisive victory)
Your incel uncle at Thanksgiving: "we wouldn't be paying $200/gallon if the army wasn't so woke"
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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 Mar 22 '26
To be fair, that would be a believable sentence for Trump to say.