Posted on 04/25/2011 2:56:32 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Donald Trump's plan to lower $4-a-gallon gas prices
Donald Trump, sounding increasingly like a serious presidential candidate, suggests OPEC and a lack of drilling are the causes of high gas prices. He has a multipoint plan.
By Peter Grier, Staff writer / April 25, 2011
Believe it or not, Donald Trump is sounding more and more like somebody who might actually run for president. As opposed to someone who is just talking up running for president as a means to boost ratings for “Celebrity Apprentice.”
In a Fox News interview a few days ago he noted that “a lot of people would be very upset if I didn’t run.” Plus, he keeps talking about how he’ll announce his intentions after “Celebrity Apprentice” ends its season, because if he said anything earlier he’d have to put the show in a blind trust, or something like that. This implies that he is going to run, because if he isn’t, he could say so anytime he wants.
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Are you a constitional Republican? If you were, you would recognize that the president's power is limited by the Constitution. Congress created the EPA and the president can't close it down. Additionally, the Supreme Court (erroneously) gave the EPA the power to regulate greenhouse gases. The president can't change that...Congress can (and must). We need a president that know the limits of his authority. Just cuz 0bama thinks that he is a dictator, doesn't mean that we all have to try replacing him with another dictator.
Too bad Trump's not black, you could accuse him of being a racist too.
Trump is a liberal populist, nothing more, nothing less.
Trump will never get the female vote, and is thus unelectable.
You are not getting it. Its not just the BC its Trump calling Obama out. He is calling him out on Libya, China, OPEC, the economy, obamacare and the big one his intelligence. No one in the GOP has called Obama out so successfully. Trump did give Rove a heavy check for GOP candidates and also donated to McCain, that sounds like a real lib to me.
Well, it’s too bad if he is. If he came in, cleaned house, enabled this great country to get back on solid footing, he’d be hailed as hero. Sounds better to me that to be only thought of as a rich liberal real estate mogul.
He’s got a lot to lose by not taking it seriously . . . and everything to gain by doing it.
I wish him the best, but hope that he doesn’t toy with the American people — we are all suffering too badly at this time for that.
“drill in America and play hardball with OPEC and Iraq. What’s not to like about that?”
What does that mean? Tell the Saudis to lower their price or we’ll get the oil somewhere else? That somewhere else is going to sell it to us for less than the Saudis? Why?
Guess what Mr. Trump; among the U.S. top 15 sources of imported oil, “the Saudis” are NOT the U.S. major source of imported oil!!!; in fact the majority of U.S. imported oil does not come from the Middle East; it comes from North and South America - 63% [North America - 41% (Canada - 26%, Mexico 15%), and South America - 22%; Venezuela, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador & Argentina]. In terms of regions, the Middle East ranks third, at 21%, followed by Africa at 15% and Russia at 1%. [I used the “YTD 2011” figures at the link below]
As far as Iraq goes, the U.S. majors are already participants in exploration and production of oil in Iraq. What are we going to do, tell Iraq to subsidize their operations? Is that how we behaved toward Europe and Japan after WWII?
Trump makes nice and very populist sound bites; which if to be believed, often means to be ignorant.
Better change that header. 5.39 in Orlando! Regular
Funny, that’s exactly the opinion I have of you!!! And I’m NEVER wrong!
EQ,...you da man! El correcto!
Hell, I’m 66 and I don’t have even a gray hair. You must be aging rapidly!
Sometimes the experts are right.
After all, what can OPEC and the rest do to us that they’re not already doing?
His plan to yell, scream and shout at OPEC is, in reality, no plan at all. This is about as serious as Obama's latest blue ribbon panel to investigate oil "speculators" (aka: investors).
Trump is definitely correct that we need to drill more and stop listening to environmentalists. If Trump really makes an enemy of the "green lobby" it will improve my opinion of him.
I’ll be 66 in June.............If I make it.
Trump is correct. US oil majors are shut out of Iraq. We spent trillions on Iraq and have our thousands of war dead and our US companies got sh*t!
http://www.businessinsider.com/sovereign-backed-oil-companies-creamed-the-multinationals-in-iraq-2010-2
Your facts and terminology are wrong.
U.S. major oil companies were not “shut out” of Iraq and they are participants in Iraq oil development and production.
Iraq did not give better terms to foreign state-owned oil companies.
Iraq was stingy with everyone bidding, across the board.
The difference is that U.S. multinational oil companies have stock holders and boards of director to report to, so they cannot afford to do too much on Iraq’s stingy terms.
Foreign state-owned oil companies can get away with making no money at all on the terms Iraq required, as long as their political managers back home ares satisfied.
If Iraq had given better terms to some companies and our companies were among those that did not get those better terms, Trump and any U.S. POTUS would have a better claim. That was not the case, so we have less leverage asking for better terms for our guys.
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2010/gb2010034_232444.htm
Amen! I have decided to listen to Rove and always take the opposite of his advice! It has become the only Conservative choice. While I won’t do the opposite that he says, I will NOT do what he says...long live Rove and his reputation...heh.
I this what you are saying?
That US oil companies bid on major Iraqi oil projects along with everyone else and got shut out because they did not bid high enough?
“Your facts and terminology are wrong.
U.S. major oil companies were not “shut out” of Iraq and they are participants in Iraq oil development and production.
Iraq did not give better terms to foreign state-owned oil companies.
Iraq was stingy with everyone bidding, across the board.
The difference is that U.S. multinational oil companies have stock holders and boards of director to report to, so they cannot afford to do too much on Iraq’s stingy terms.
Foreign state-owned oil companies can get away with making no money at all on the terms Iraq required, as long as their political managers back home ares satisfied.
If Iraq had given better terms to some companies and our companies were among those that did not get those better terms, Trump and any U.S. POTUS would have a better claim. That was not the case, so we have less leverage asking for better terms for our guys.
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2010/gb2010034_232444.htm";
Who the hell is Iraq to dictate terms to us?? Hold over from The Bush POS Compassionate, win hearts and Minds Of Animals!! BS, we Need cheap Oil NOW!!
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