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Trump says "We're making a frickin' fortune" amid gas price concerns

USA TODAY's Georgia rally clip captures the president dismissing advisers' caution and promising lower prices at the pump.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 265,935 views a day, 29 times a normal first day on this channel (9,238).

Trump downplays gas price concerns: 'We're making a frickin fortune'

Donald Trump says his advisers warned him not to boast about money coming in while Americans were paying more for fuel. At a rally in Perry, Georgia, he went ahead anyway.

"My people said, 'Please don't mention that, sir, because people are paying a little higher,'" Trump tells the crowd in USA TODAY's clip from October 24. He then imitates the critical news coverage he expects before declaring: "I don't give a damn, I'm going to say it: We're making a frickin' fortune."

The Short drew more than 150,000 views in ten hours, an unusually fast start for this channel. Its comment section was already more than twenty times as busy as a typical Short's entire first day. A recurring question is who benefits from the money Trump describes, with viewers contrasting his national prosperity message with household fuel bills.

Trump also says gas prices remain below those under Biden and Obama, and promises they will fall further. The brief excerpt does not specify the source of the hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars he says are being made.

The clip arrives alongside USA TODAY's campaign coverage of Barack Obama, including his criticism of Trump's tariffs and immigration policies ahead of the midterms. Here, Trump's closing promise returns directly to drivers: "And those pump prices are going to come down."

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