Trump energy secretary says gas prices might not drop back under $3 a gallon until 2027

The US secretary of energy, Chris Wright, at a congressional hearing in Washington DC on 16 April. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Chris Wright, the Trump administration’s energy secretary, acknowledged on Sunday that it might not be until 2027 before US gas prices come back under $3 a gallon.

Asked by Jake Tapper, the CNN State of the Union host, when he thought “it’s realistic for Americans to expect the gas will go back to under $3 a gallon”, Wright replied: “I don’t know. That could happen later this year. That might not happen until next year.”