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Before you roll your eyes at the above headline, let’s get a few facts out of the way:


Because of these indisputable, objective facts, it is no surprise that news outlets chose not to even mention the fact that Donald Trump claimed that he regularly lowers fuel prices by calling his homeboy and telling him to open up the oil reserves.


During a press conference with Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain on Tuesday, the press peppered the president with questions about an apparent attack on Saudi oil facilities. Unprompted, the president reached deep into his rectal cavity and pulled such tremendous piece of bullshit out of his ass that apparently no one even bothered to fact-check it. I’ve Googled it 14 different ways and couldn’t find any media stories about Trump’s assertion that he sometimes calls up the Saudi Crown Prince and requests a little help with the gas prices.

Here’s an excerpt from the official White House transcript.

TRUMP: They’ve been a great ally. They spend $400 billion in our country over the last number of years. Four hundred billion dollars. That’s a million and a half jobs. And they’re not ones that, unlike some countries, where they want terms; they want terms and conditions. They want to say, “Can we borrow the money at zero percent for the next 400 years?” No. No. Saudi Arabia pays cash. They’ve helped us out from the standpoint of jobs and all of the other things. And they’ve actually helped us. I would call and I would say, “Listen, our oil prices, our gasoline, is too high. You got to let more go.” You know that. CROWN PRINCE SALMAN: Yeah. PRESIDENT TRUMP: I would call the Crown Prince and I’d say, “You got to help us out. You got to get some more.” And, all of a sudden, the oil starts flowing and the gasoline prices are down. No other President can do that. No other President was able to do that, or maybe they didn’t try. But I’ve done it.

What?

Ok, let’s go back to a few more facts:


In February, a senior White House official slammed this exact behavior, stating that “The United States is firmly committed to open, fair and competitive markets for global energy trade...We do not support market-distorting behavior, including cartels,” Reuters reports.

But I guess no one cares.

The only reason Trump told this blatant lie is that he knew he wouldn’t be challenged by the mainstream media. And the mainstream media didn’t bother to call him out on it because they are keenly aware that most Trump supporters don’t care that he lies. Most white people approve of his actions.


But the larger percentage of Trump’s base are true believers. Most white people believe the Civil War had less to do with slavery and more to do with “northern aggression” and that the flag is a symbol of “Southern pride” Most Trump backers believe Obama is a Muslim. The vast majority of whites don’t believe that blacks are discriminated against in voting or hiring practices. Most white peo ple believe this country has gone far enough to give black people equal rights.

Trump knows that he can falsely credit himself for the low prices at your corner Exxon for the same reason white people really believe he’s a stable genius who worked his way to billionaire status with nothing but a dollar and a dream. The poor uneducated whites truly believe they can do it too if they stand for the anthem, support the troops and put their faith in the American Dream.


But again, they will believe anything.