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MS Now supercut catches Trump Team in massive lie about gas prices
What happened
AlterNet reports that an MS NOW supercut showed President Donald Trump and senior administration officials repeatedly predicting that gasoline prices would soon fall, only for those forecasts to fail. With the midterm elections reportedly 20 days away, anchor Katy Tur said gas had remained above $4 a gallon for 158 consecutive days. The segment establishes that the promises were wrong; it does not establish that officials knowingly lied.
Tur also cited Bloomberg reporting about traders who allegedly made billions from bets placed roughly 15 minutes before Trump called off an…
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