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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Anyone else remember when oil hit -$/ barrel during his first term?

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (4 children)

During COVID, yes. It's inaccurate to link it to Trump. The prices went negative because of COVID, not Trump himself

Too many people at the time tried to say had was cheap because of Trump, which was not the case

[–] Catma@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, if Trump had literally done anything to mitigate the transmission of COVID gas likely wouldnt have gone negative. We would have had practical measurements to prevent transmission and more places likely would have stayed open if only at a reduced capacity

[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

The entire world was doing lockdowns though. Not just the US.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

It was his fault in that the COVID response was so bad. Unintended consequence, sure. Just like he's inadvertently done more to cause the rest of the world to electrify and go green than ever before with his war of malice.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I get tired of this, I agree with you. I despise Trump easily as much as anyone else, but I'm not ignorant enough to think everything bad that happens under his presidency, or anyone else is entirely their fault.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wild that anything positive that's happened when Donald is president is almost invariably an unintended side effect, but it's true.

Idk if oil being negative was a good thing per se. It was a signal that the economy was suddenly grinding to a halt and energy demand was cratering.