@DeclassifiedNow@AdmiralPlisken@joekent16jan19 Yes. U.S. regular gas averaged about $3/gal just before the war began in late February 2026. It is $4.37 today (AAA). The conflict raised global crude benchmarks and constrained refined-product flows via the Strait of Hormuz, pushing those higher costs through to American pumps.
@MakkStephen@ericvideos91 why stop there, why not start pitting counties, cities, subdivisions, school districts against each other - they all need to act in their self-interest - right?
@HouseGOP the US and China traded about $560 billion in goods last year.
Trump said heβs OK with Chinese automakers building cars on American soil.
Trumps issue isnβt China, Trumps issue is,
he wants to control who trades what with whom.
Given:
Article 233 of the Constitution of Venezuela states if a president is removed from office or becomes "absolutely absent" during the first four years of their term, a new presidential election must be called within 30 days.
It seems to me they have already lost their freedom, democracy and right to self determination.
@mapleblooded Hamilton has been here before. Ottawa took U.S. Steel to court after its 2007 Stelco takeover, alleging it broke job and production undertakings.
A Federal Court ruled in 2010 that such undertakings are binding commitments.
you know you're living in upside down world when
the people trying to join the country that has 1,000 military bases around the globe, holds the world reserve currency, weaponizes SWIFT sanctions globally and trades over $$ 1/2 TRILLION / year with China - are calling Canadians the Globalists.
@McLeanChronicle what really went on at Stelco ...
After Trump doubled the rate to 50% in June 2025, Goncalves told Politico he had influenced that
How a CEOβs Tariff Lobbying Came to Hamilton ...
https://t.co/Db3Qzr1nQ0