Tina Smith says Trump "has some nerve" to brag about oil profits as farmers pay more for diesel
Tina SmithU.S. senator from Minnesota, posting on her Senate account on X
Sen. Tina Smith wrote on X that farmers face higher diesel costs this year and that Trump has some nerve bragging about making a fortune from high oil prices.
“Trump has some nerve to brag about making a "freaking fortune" from the sky-high oil 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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Smith cites diesel cost estimates for American and Minnesota farmers and criticizes Trump's remark about oil earnings.
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Smith's second post, published seconds after her first, on farmers paying for higher oil prices.
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Smith's post begins by saying American farmers are expected to pay $2.4 billion more for diesel this year, and that Minnesota farmers are taking an extra $1,900 hit to fill their fuel tanks.
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In a second post seconds later, she wrote that it is hard to celebrate big oil making a fortune when farmers are the ones paying it.
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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. Smith sets Trump's boast about oil earnings against farmers' added diesel costs and calls it nervy, which criticizes the remark.
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