[Lagmeister]

It has everything to do with tax cuts along with the pulling out of the Iranian deal because of the financial politics of it all: The tax cuts are a campaign positive because of more money in folks pockets... the Iranian deal was a political promise by Trump that the media has already started to pound in relation to Mid-East turmoil and the price of oil.

Connect the political dots: Trumps gets a tax cut passed and erases the financial gain for the average Joe by pulling out of the Iranian deal - tax cut gain evaporates in average Joe's gas tank.

We can sit back and say one has nothing to do with the other. But both are the result of Trumpian actions. That is why I have started to harp on Trump going after the speculators. He has already tweeted about it once. I know his plate is full... but he needs to get movin' before gas hits well over $3 per gallon nationwide.

[rb22982]

Absolute BS. Oil has gone up only 4-5 bucks a barrel since the Iran stuff started, has been somewhat offset by n Korea de escalation. It’s up more than 2 since trumps election. Oil is going up on strong global demand for oil, period, which means the entire global economy is booming