"Gas prices will drop like a rock"...

[kentuck]

That is what Trump said would happen as soon as the Strait of Hormuz was open and the oil tankers begun to flood the market with oil.

By simple supply and demand, we can expect prices to drop. However, they do not usually drop "like a rock". They tend to take a little longer to fall than to rise.

But, several months out, it is unlikely Democrats will be able to use that as a campaign issue. However, there is the inflation issue on everything else, including groceries. I suspect that will still be an issue come November.

Trump will brag that he won the war because the price of gasoline went down. But, he did not win the war. The world is in a much worse place because of his aggressive war of choice. He has greatly harmed our alliances around the world, including the Middle East. He has chopped off his nose to spite his face.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Trump is applying Galileo's Law

to gas prices!! Good luck Donnie.

[CrispyQ]

2. I'll be most places won't see gas under $4 a gallon again.

Just remembering how everything went up so much during the pandemic & now, years later, they're down, but not where they were pre-pandemic.

[samsingh]

3. he also said covid would disappear in 2 weeks

inflation would drop the day he took office
there would be no wars under his watch

lies and more lies

[Irish_Dem]

4. Create a problem, solve the problem. Claim to be a great leader and winner.

[D_Master81]

7. Rinse and repeat

I’ve noticed this since his first term.

[allegorical oracle]

11. IF he solves the problem. People are still dealing with unemployment, housing,

immigration, tariffs, insurance, hospital closures, fresh hurdles to vote, and sketchy medical advice coming out of the CDC. Then there's the tabs for the ballroom, the arch, and the reflecting pool -- price tags that seem to rise every week. Economists I've heard/read predict possible gas shortages by July 4, but we'll see.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Pretend to solve the problem.

[MineralMan]

5. No, they won't.

And they will never drop back to the price before Trump's Iran War, either. They never do.

Trump's going to own high gasoline prices for a good long time after we pull our ships out of the area. It's going to take some time for the supply chain to create lower prices, although they will drop some as soon as the war ceases. If it ceases.

Trump is an idiot. Have I said that before? Maybe.

[bif]

6. In two weeks, right Donny?

[SamuelTheThird]

8. Experts in this field say that is a pipedream

They will certainly still be high in November

[haele]

9. There's currently a slowdown and fluctuation with the rise in gas prices

At least here in the San Diego region, but we're still looking about $1.20 higher a gallon at the cheaper stations and around $1.70 not a gallon at the average stations. from when the bombing started and the Strait closed.
I doubt it will go down more than 10 cents by November even if any compromise is made and the tankers can start leaving the Gulf next week.
And Grocery Prices are still going to continue to go up for the next two years, because this year's growing season has been utterly trashed.
This has been has been the most Gawdawfully apparent display of Rich Dick-wanking Ignorance in history, worse than the War of the Roses and WWI combined.
And we can blame it on the Wanna Be Plantation Owners/Inquisitors of the Heritage Foundation and their fellow travellers, who honestly believe the resulting famine, disease, and general misery will only be of benefit to them ...

[miyazaki]

10. More like a rock to the head. nt

[GoodRaisin]

13. Everything is priced high and Krasnov is stealing taxpayer money at the same time.

Republicans are allowing it. Dems can campaign on that right up to the election. Throw in that Krasnov is being allowed by Republicans to hide the Minneapolis murderers.