JD Vance has said Americans should comfort themselves with the fact that allies are "suffering more than we are" from soaring gas and oil prices.

The worst and most stupid bit is this:

Speaking to crowds on Wednesday, vice president JD Vance said US allies are “suffering from this, frankly, more than we are.”

He claimed this was because they had “focused on a lot of green energy scams and they’re hurting a lot more than we are.”

Vance continued:"As much as we’ve got to focus on getting these gas prices down, the reality is overseas they’re feeling it far worse than we did because we’ve taken the steps to protect our energy economy.

  • tackleberryEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    by stealing entire Venezuela’s oil industry after kidnapping Maduro, yet gas prices are still high.

    • Renohren@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Venezuela’s got big oil reserves but is limited in the extraction by older extraction tech, you’ll need a few years before extraction can be better, if big oil invests… I’m not sure the conditions are right (beyond the next 3 years)

      • tackleberryEnglish
        1·
        17 hours ago

        Now the US oil companies have complete authority to oil exploration in the region, it will take weeks.