{"id":35767,"date":"2018-07-06T09:12:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35767"},"modified":"2018-07-06T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T14:12:29","slug":"king-trump-shouts-at-the-ocean-stop-the-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35767","title":{"rendered":"King Trump Shouts at the Ocean: Stop the Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div class=\"story-header-area\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"story-header\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themaven.net\/mishtalk\/economics\/king-trump-shouts-at-the-ocean-stop-the-waves-3DjpECpQY0uWNPl7QW4ciQ\/\">King Trump Shouts at the Ocean: Stop the Waves<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<div class=\"renderable jss441 Center Large show\">\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"jss217 picture loaded\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FVGOdWBU7P02nZTfaC6ZP0A\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FVGOdWBU7P02nZTfaC6ZP0A?w=684&amp;q=75&amp;h=621.7113402061856&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 1x, https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FVGOdWBU7P02nZTfaC6ZP0A?w=1026&amp;q=75&amp;h=933&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 1.5x, https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FVGOdWBU7P02nZTfaC6ZP0A?w=1368&amp;q=75&amp;h=1243&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 2x, https:\/\/imageproxy.themaven.net\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fmaven-user-photos%2Fmishtalk%2Feconomics%2FzmfATcSa4EegwR7v_znq6Q%2FVGOdWBU7P02nZTfaC6ZP0A?w=2052&amp;q=75&amp;h=1865&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop 3x\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"621.7113402061856\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"deck\">Trump believes all he has to do to make things happen is to issue an ultimatum. One Tweet will explain.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<article class=\"story-body clearfix\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"renderable jss441 Center Large show\">\n<div class=\"tweet\">\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/874276197357596672\/kUuht00m_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The OPEC Monopoly must remember that gas prices are up &amp; they are doing little to help. If anything, they are driving prices higher as the United States defends many of their members for very little $\u2019s. This\u00a0must be a two way street. REDUCE PRICING NOW!<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1014611307427966976\" data-datetime=\"2018-07-04T20:46:00+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: July 04, 2018 20:46:00 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-07-04T20:46:00+0000\">4:46 PM &#8211; Jul 4, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Image modified from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2015\/05\/the-changing-story-of-cnut-and-the-waves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Cnut and the Waves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Hello Mr,. President gas prices are up because of your absurd embargo on Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the deal: The more effective your embargo, the higher gas prices will go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>I have a suggestion. Please study Econ 101.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"markdown\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Meanwhile, please note that shouting at waves will not produce results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Trump Shouts at the Ocean: Stop the Waves Trump believes all he has to do to make things happen is to issue an ultimatum. One Tweet will explain. \u2714 The OPEC Monopoly must remember that gas prices are up &amp; they are doing little to help. If anything, they are driving prices higher as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[7844,14648,13390,588,594,600],"class_list":["post-35767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-geopolitics","tag-donald-trump","tag-michael-shedlock","tag-mishtalk","tag-oil","tag-oil-prices","tag-opec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35768,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35767\/revisions\/35768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}