“he's been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past 4 decades."
Not sure why you can't see the Hanlon's Razor angle, of course it's also possible he has no idea what's going on and just reads what he's told. But the fact is, he did say that high gas prices are an unfortunate necessity. You promising that it can't be what he meant because it's stupid doesn't jive.