3-2-2022
Trump complains about Biden tapping oil reserves
for the same reason he did in 2019.
Donald Trump groused about President Joe Biden tapping the strategic oil reserves, but he once did
the same thing for the same reason.
The current president ordered the release of 30 million barrels of oil from the government's reserves to help blunt rising gas prices, which have shot even higher after Russia's attack on Ukraine raised energy costs worldwide, and the twice-impeached former president criticized Biden's reasoning.
"He's using [it] to lower oil prices, and he shouldn't be using it for that," Trump said.
"It's supposed to be used for our war, for emergencies."
However, as Washington Post columnist Aaron Blake pointed out, Trump made the same decision as president using the same justification.
“Based on the attack on Saudi Arabia, which may have an impact on oil prices," Trump tweeted in September 2019__
"I have authorized the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, if needed, in a to-be-determined amount sufficient to keep the markets well-supplied."
Trump on Biden tapping oil reserves:
"He's using [it] to lower oil prices. And he shouldn't be using it for that. It's supposed to be used for our war, for emergencies.
"Trump in 2019 authorized use of reserves after Saudi oil fields were attacked. And he cited ... oil prices.pic.twitter.com/tBHQN32N1Q
— Aaron Blake (@Aaron Blak
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