The New York Times was apparently so eager for an economic win to skewer President Donald Trump’s military achievements in Iran that it ended up making itself look foolish. As the saying goes: Curb your enthusiasm!
“Oil Prices Spike Over $110 a Barrel, Highest Since Pandemic,” read the March 8 headline from Times reporters Rebecca F. Elliott and Joe Rennison. Of course, zeroing on the “ since the pandemic” angle allowed Elliott and Rennison to avoid mentioning President Joe Biden’s name at all, when Brent crude oil spiked to $119 a barrel June 6, 2022, and when gas prices surged to the highest average on record at over $5 June 14, 2022. And guess what: That happened without the U.S. leading a joint international effort to finally topple an entire, bloodthirsty regime.
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