During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed that as president he’d bring gas prices below $2 per gallon, saying specifically that he was aiming for $1.87 per gallon as a “perfect” number. The average gas price is still over $4 a gallon nationwide, but Trump has now unveiled a “deal” with Venezuela that will see the United States taking control of a substantial part of its oil reserves.
In comments from the Oval Office yesterday, Trump explained, “we’re gonna be taking all of that. We’re gonna be taking that oil out,” adding that “we’re making a fortune” now that Exxon and Chevron have entered the country. Trump went on to claim that “there are those who say it’s the greatest deal ever made.”
