Oil is the new COVID. That was “going to disappear one day, like a miracle.” It stayed. Likewise, oil and gas were no problemos. We had plenty — until we didn’t. Luckily for us, there is always a tweet and a video somewhere.
March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil."
April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil. We have tremendous oil and gas, much more than we need."
June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at… pic.twitter.com/CXILKuTRad
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 17, 2026
Fascinating how reality always catches up, isn’t it. All we knew before, all that the MAGA troops knew, was that we had nothing to worry about. And now — just before the midterms — we will find ourselves not tapping into the oil reserves. Just a coincidence, right?
