Mexico unhappy with Americans crossing the border to buy gas

 Mike Miller:

This report might not reach the level of “Babylon Bee” satire, but it sure pegs the hell out of the needle on the irony meter. As the Biden Border Crisis continues to worsen, and the most inept president in modern history and his war on energy have contributed to increasing gas prices, virtually from the beginning of his presidency, Mexico would like a word: Our southern neighbor is not happy with Americans crossing the border in search of lower prices at Mexican gas stations.

That statement alone is ironic on multiple levels, but it gets “better.”

As reported by Reuters on Saturday, the Mexican government has been subsidizing gasoline to soften price spikes,  but it has announced that the policy would be suspended in areas close to the U.S. border this week–citing shortages as more and more Americans hop over to fill their tanks.

According to Reuters, the suspension of the subsidy from April 2-8 covers cities in the border states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California, including Tijuana, one of the world’s busiest border crossings. Mexico’s finance ministry said in a statement that the gasoline shortage in the area is due to “an imbalance between supply and demand.”

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In addition to blaming everyone and everything but himself for run-away gas prices — as he does with every self-created mess — Biden announced on Thursday he plans to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the next six months at a clip of one million barrels a day. As RedState reported, Biden’s “big news” might very well amount to little more than political expediency.

Moreover, given that Biden’s planned release is equal to just 1% of daily global production and 5% of U.S consumption, the net effect will likely be a drop in the proverbial bucket.

Biden’s real objective, of course, is convincing everyday Americans how much better off they’d be if they’d give up those gas guzzlers in favor of shiny new EVs — electric cars and other vehicles. As we reported on Friday, in addition to dropping a whopper on the notion of renewable energy savings, Mr. Clueless pontificated about the money-saving wonders of electric cars.

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Biden deliberately limited the supply of gas to drive up the world price of gas to create financial pain in hopes it would persuade Americans to go electric.  It didn't work, but it did piss off a majority of Americans who now plan to vote against Democrats.  He has since been desperately looking for a scapegoat to blame for what he did.

BTW, Mexico's subsidies are a mistake too, but not as big of one as Biden's energy policies.

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