Trump’s Inflation Fix Centers on Energy Emergency That Doesn’t Exist | Economists and analysts aren’t convinced that an expansion of oil and gas production will lower consumer prices.

It doesn't matter. When it fails he will blame Democrats, immigrants, and trans people, and then double down on whatever he is doing.

It won't fix shit, but it'll certainly scratch the backs of all the people that bribed him of his wealthiest supporters.

We can drill as much as we want but it won't make a difference. We're already drilling more than we can refine. If we want to produce more usable oil, and we shouldn't, we will need more refineries. Those will take years to get up and running.

This is another big nothing burger to appease his mindless base who know nothing about how the world works. Same as how tariffs are going to reduce grocery prices lol

The only emergency is that they want to make hay in the context of an extraction economy (see: Venezuela in the past) and siphon off all of that wealth for themselves. And they realize this may be one of the last chances to do that in North America.

They know that perfectly well. This is simply about creating more profits for the fossil fuel industry by delaying the inevitable switch to renewable energy.