Fossil fuel backers bemoan Trump's inability to stay on message.

[Eugene]

A "good" message delivered by an incompetent messenger. Yeah, that's the ticket!

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Source: Politico

Trump’s ‘meme-level’ energy attacks aren’t landing, fossil fuel supporters concede

The GOP nominee has made dubious claims about U.S. oil output, pipelines and Vice President Kamala Harris’ plans for fracking, experts say, ignoring some easy targets.

By Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman
09/13/2024 06:20 PM EDT

Donald Trump’s jumble of claims about energy policy is muddling what could be a winning attack on one of Kamala Harris’ biggest potential vulnerabilities.

Instead of a disciplined focus on one or two themes — such as the Biden era’s record-high gasoline prices and Harris’ flip-flop on banning fracking — Trump has spent weeks rollicking from message to message on energy, false and otherwise. Those include exaggerating his own efforts to block construction of a Russian natural gas pipeline in Europe, as well as offering what analysts call a massively inflated claim about how much his policies could have boosted the United States’ already world-leading oil production.

Trump’s constant ping-ponging has shown up in his rallies, his speech on economic policy last week in New York, and Tuesday’s prime-time debate with Harris. At the debate, his flurry of messages took time away from what should have been his main focus on energy, said longtime Republican campaign strategist David Kochel, who is not advising the Trump campaign.


“It’s almost incoherent,” Kochel said. “In the debate, he was clearly flustered. It’s very difficult for him to actually prosecute a single strategy. He was just all over the place.”

An oil industry lawyer agreed, saying Trump’s discussion of energy was “meme level.”

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/13/trump-energy-message-incoherent-claims-00178784

[louis-t]

1. "Record high gasoline prices"?

At the moment, prices around here are lower than they were 20 years ago. Allowing for inflation, prices would be over $5 a gallon easily now. Maybe closer to $6. I paid $2.99 yesterday. "Record high"?

[pat_k]

2. He is staying on message.

DT's message:

Immigrants are all criminals and victimizing and ruining the lives of America's oppressed white men and he will fix it by enlisting police and army to forceably deport them -- work permits notwithstanding -- however bloody it gets.

Inflation is Biden's fault and he will fix it (not even a concept of a plan on that one).

Tariffs will magically fix anything else you're worried about, including childcare (once again, not even a concept of a plan).

Overturning Roe v. Wade was brilliant and everyone lauds his courage for his appointments of black-robbed traitors.

He doesn't have any other "message" -- just the grievances, hate, and fear-mongering digressions he "weaves" in.

They are just noticing that his message is insane and are deluding themselves that at some point it wasn't insane. Else why did the sell their souls for him?

[IbogaProject]

3. Maybe he is just Incompetent

Rhymes w Incontinent.