All empires require bread and circus acts- even more so now with the blatant destruction caused by the Boomer generation. Cant let the housing or stock market contract. Muah 401k-

That follows logic unfortunately Trump is an imbecile who is being blackmailed. All hell breaks loose at 200 bucks a barrel of oil and the subsequent bond market implosion which is well underway

i see it more that they want to keep prices from falling so oil/diesel is manipulates higher to cause / cover the money printing.

20% of all the oil and 35% of all the fertilizer goes through the Straight of Hormuz. Europe is running out of gas this week and the US next 😇