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The Biden administration’s response to the crisis in Europe goes wobbly. Between the administration trying to demonize fossil fuel producers even as they demand more production and their warnings that Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine without suggesting a way to deter such an unthinkable attack, can the public’s confidence in the White House’s competency survive?
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As you report, before the Russian invasion started the Biden administration had been restricting the production of oil and natural gas, and threatened to implement even more restrictions. And this has resulted in significantly higher prices.
This was done on purpose to fulfill global warming promises. It’s clear to anyone who pays attention to this issue that the Biden administration purposely raised prices. I have yet to see anyone in the Biden administration admit that the price increases are intentional. I think they are doing this because they don’t want low information voters to know what is happening.
This contributes to the distrust of the government.