Former President Donald Trump, in a social media post reported by Unusual Whales, acknowledged that gasoline prices are high while asserting that the country is "making money like we've never made before," and framed critics' likely response as a bragging charge. The headline is a political statement rather than a market-moving data point, so its direct transmission runs through sentiment and policy expectations rather than any reported change in supply, demand, or pricing. The most plausible channel is energy policy repricing: remarks signaling a pro-production stance or resistance to demand-side measures can shift expectations for future natural gas supply, which affects NATGAS futures through the forward curve rather than spot physical flows. Natural gas is the more directly exposed contract because its price is driven by weather, storage levels, and LNG export capacity, all of which are sensitive to perceived regulatory direction, whereas the TRUMP-linked exposure is primarily a function of headline-driven retail trading and political-risk premia. Traders should watch the EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report, which will show whether injections are running above or below the fi
BREAKING: Trump on gas prices being high: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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