$6.53 a gallon: the diesel squeeze is a foreign-policy receipt, and truckers are signing for it
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The foreign policy is a receipt. The trucker signs for it.
This cartoon ran with $6.53 a gallon: the diesel squeeze is a foreign-policy receipt, and truckers are signing for it.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Orange, Texas, Texas, United States, Greg Abbott, Donald Trump, G-7, American Trucking Associations, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Iran
- Themes
- Diesel prices, Trucking industry, Inflation, Independent contractors, Fuel costs
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Informed citizenship