Stated on April 22, 2025 in remarks at the White House:
“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
Trump said, "We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon."
The lowest statewide price during the week Trump made this remark was $2.66.
April 23 data from GasBuddy.com shows that no gas station out of roughly 150,000 nationally sold gasoline for $1.98 per gallon.
While Trump said his policies are responsible for lowering gasoline prices nationally, there is no evidence of a significant uptick in drilling or production. Analysts credit a gasoline price drop during the past two weeks to a production increase by other countries, and concerns about Trump’s policies hurting the U.S. global and economic outlook.
False.