Trump demands gas prices drop to $2.50
by Flint: Donald Trump
President Trump has called on gas retailers to lower their prices to roughly $2.50 per gallon immediately, warning them to stop overcharging or face “BIG PROBLEMS.” He stated, “The Retailers must quickly react to this statement, and do what they know is right , DROP YOUR PRICE FOR The message was shared via a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Transcript (en)
So it's Exxon Mobil, it's Chevron, it's Shell, it's BP, it's a lot of them. The gasoline or the oil prices have come down so much and we are not seeing anything at the pump by comparison to what it should be. We should be, in my opinion, at $2.25 right now at the pump. And we're higher than that. And we are doing a big investigation on it. They're not reducing the prices commensurate with what's happening. Look, we are sending out, think of it, 19 million barrels came out yesterday. That is a flood. That's like a gusher. That's an oil gusher. And they should be much lower, the gasoline prices, which really is what people see more than anything else. but, you know, for their car. But the gasoline prices should be much lower at the pump. And the oil companies are possibly gouging. I hope they're not, otherwise they're going to be in big trouble. They're going to be in big trouble. We're not going to play games.
