{"id":85031,"date":"2026-10-25T14:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=85031"},"modified":"2026-10-25T14:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:52:41","slug":"market-manipulator-grifter-in-chief-trump-says-he-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-gas-prices-as-us-making-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=85031","title":{"rendered":"MARKET MANIPULATOR &#038; GRIFTER-IN-CHIEF Trump Says He Doesn\u2019t \u2018Give A Damn\u2019 About Gas Prices As US Making \u2018Fortune\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-25-at-2.51.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-25-at-2.51.11-PM.png 617w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-25-at-2.51.11-PM-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> has said he does not &#8220;give a damn&#8221; about potential criticism of his remarks boasting that the United States is making a &#8220;fortune&#8221; from high oil prices, as American motorists continue to face elevated gasoline costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\">Speaking at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/rally\">rally<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/georgia\">Georgia<\/a> on Saturday, October 24, Trump said advisers had warned him against highlighting the financial gains associated with rising oil prices, suggesting the comments would invite criticism over the cost of fuel for ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2114153893248803088?s=20\">footage<\/a> of the rally shared online, Trump claimed the US oil and gas industry was making billions of dollars amid the conflict in the Middle East, presenting higher oil prices as a source of financial gains for the country.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-says-he-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-gas-prices-as-us-making-fortune-12615894\">https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-says-he-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-gas-prices-as-us-making-fortune-12615894<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85033,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85031\/revisions\/85033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}