Stammering MAGA commentator slammed on his own show over surging diesel prices

Systemic Error Podcast · Oct 4, 2026 · 4m

What happened

RawStory reports that Fox Business host Larry Kudlow dismissed the inflationary risk posed by diesel prices during his Wednesday program, only for fellow Fox Business personality Dagen McDowell to challenge him. McDowell said diesel costs would flow through goods and services, raising consumer prices in the coming months; she described the issue not as hypothetical, but as a question of how large the increase would be.

Kudlow argued that diesel was primarily a refining problem and emphasized that the United States had plenty of oil. He then returned to speculation that Iran’s…