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Glenn Beck (0:00)

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Why are gas prices are still so high?

Even though we are now have more oil coming out of the Strait of Hormuz right now than we did before the war. So why is your gas price so high? I'll explain. It has everything to do with diesel. What Trump did yesterday is a good start to at least ease the pain for a little while for some of our truckers. Also what is happening in France today?

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Okay, so right now, the president yesterday signed in an executive order to not cut the taxes per se, but allow people to use what is called red diesel. That's an off-road diesel. That's for trucks, for farm trucks, for off-roading, for tractors. And he's saying, now we're going to allow big semi-trucks to use it on the road. It's an off-road diesel, red diesel. And it's just the same diesel. It's just tinted red, so they know this is not a taxed diesel. Here's the president yesterday signing it in.

SPEAKER_3 (4:29)

I'm going to do what Joe Biden couldn't do, sign his signature.

Stu Burguiere (4:44)

So, yeah, I just did something what Joe Biden was incapable.

SPEAKER_3 (4:50)

He could not sign, he only used auto pens.

Mike Waltz (4:53)

Look at that, isn't that nice?

Glenn Beck (4:57)

So, this is a temporary break through December 31st, and it could save the truckers up to about $100 every time they fill up. Now, here's a thing that everybody should know. This is a deferred tax.

If Congress doesn't back it up, the truckers are going to be on the hook for that tax. So, they'll have a huge tax bill. If I were the president, I would be saying another reason, truckers go out and vote for the Republicans because they will not get rid of this tax. I can only do what I do. Congress has to do the rest. So, now he's giving truckers a temporary break.

Why isn't he doing that with gasoline? I don't know, but I will tell you my best guess is somebody has come over from the Treasury Department and said, Mr. President, we cannot defer taxes, we cannot cut taxes on gasoline, we cannot do it. Nobody wants to buy our Treasury bills right now, we are spending money like it's going out of style, we cannot do any more. And so this is why this is a deferred tax. Congress will have to be able to say, nope, truckers, you don't have to make that up, farmers, you don't have to make that up.