So, oil has failed to make new highs repetitively the last two years, and somehow it is being manipulated now for the election......?

And if you are referring to the article someone posted on the plunge protection team overseeing the stock market....well.  That's ridiculous.  First, if you read the article they failed in their first attempt...Not much of a protection crew....and the second time?...They hit the place where price projected itself going 10 days previous......I wouldn't hold my breathe that the plunge protection team amounts to diddly.......