"The rich will be just fine, don't you worry!"

Such a happy guy

His henchmen know he's watching their tv appearances, soon they'll end interviews with "Thank you for your attention to this matter."

The part he leaves out is that we have never seen such a needless increase in the prices.
Can't take credit for cost going down when it's your fault they went up.

all of trump's cabinet members are disgusting, to say the least.

... Hassett's is that smarmy, sneering smile that says, "I'm lyin' and you're buyin' it! That means I'm better than you!"

he can tell that's true by the way people are charging large purchases to their credit cards. He doesn't quite understand that those credit cards are largely underwater, already.

Happy Haslett was a Supply Side Economist advising the Federal Reserve on International policy for the past 30 years or so
Even a supply sider understands the workings of the international oil market - that's been the major market in the World for the past 90 years, with lots of data available on how international actions influences both the market and consumer prices.
It has always taken over two years to stabilize and recover, and the consumer never sees better than a 5% price drop from the high at the pump cost after stabilization.
If the Straits open today, we will never see the national average drop below $4.00. Say bye-bye to minimum $3.50 a gallon diesel or $3.00 a gallon unleaded anywhere going forward.