David Axelrod says Trump "doesn't give a damn about high gas prices"
David AxelrodPolitical strategist and former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, posting on X
David Axelrod wrote on X that Trump deserves credit for leveling with Americans, then said the president is making money like never before and does not care about high gas prices.
“Give @POTUS credit for leveling with the American people. HE's making money like he's never made before. And he doesn't give a damn about high gas prices.”
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Trump says the U.S. is "making a freaking fortune" from high oil prices; Democrats say drivers are paying for it
At a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, on October 24, 2026, President Donald Trump said oil prices were temporarily high and that the U.S. oil and gas business was making hundreds of billions of dollars. He said his advisers had told him not to mention it because people were paying more, and added, "I don't give a damn. I'm gonna say it. We're making a freaking fortune." Democratic lawmakers and commentators said the remark showed he did not care about the cost to drivers.
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Axelrod's post quotes a clip of Trump's October 24, 2026, rally remarks on high gas prices and comments on them.
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International Business Times UK report on Trump's October 24, 2026, rally in Perry, Georgia. It quotes his remarks on oil industry earnings and his account of his staff's advice, and gives AAA's national average gasoline price for October 25, 2026, and October 2025.
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At a rally in Perry, Georgia, on October 24, Trump said his staff had advised him against discussing oil industry profits because Americans were paying more at the pump.
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He added in parentheses that it was not a great closing message.
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The reference point is Trump's October 24 remark that the U.S. is making a fortune from high oil prices while people pay more at the pump. Axelrod's mock credit for leveling with the American people leads into the charge that Trump does not care about high gas prices, and he calls it a poor closing message, so the post criticizes the remark.
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