President Trump saysgas prices have fallen below $2 a gallon as he marked his 100th day in office, but experts and evidence say his numbers aren’t adding up.
Gas Buddy, a company that tracks gas prices across the country, joined in calling the president’s bluff Friday.
“We don’t have any data showing any individual stations below $2 a gallon today nor have we really seen any of that in the last several weeks since these claims have started,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told NewsNation, a sister network of The Hill.
De Haan added in a post on the social media platform X late Friday afternoon in response to Trump’s $2 claims: “It must be in the middle of nowhere because GasBuddy still has zero price reports of this mythical $1.98 gas station.”
The fact check came after Trump again cited the under-$2 figure in a social media post early Friday morning.
“Gasoline just broke $1.98 a Gallon, lowest in years, groceries (and eggs!) down, energy down, mortgage rates down, employment strong, and much more good news, as Billions of Dollars pour in from Tariffs,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.
He told a crowd at a Michigan rally Tuesday marking his 100-day milestone that “gasoline prices are down by a lot” since he took office.
“Gasoline was almost $4 not so long ago. And now … we just hit $1.98 in a lot of states. Think of it,” he told the crowd.
He cited an even lower figure as he addressed the University of Alabama’s graduation Thursday night.
“Gasoline prices just hit $1.88 cents a gallon in three states,” Trump said. “Can you believe it?”
There is no evidence to support his claim. According to AAA’s gasoline price tracker, the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.18 on Friday — up from $3.125 per gallon on Jan. 20, when Trump was sworn into office for his second term.
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