Gas Prices Scorecard true 0% 5 Checks mostly-true 0% 15 Checks Half True 0% 19 Checks mostly-false 0% 27 Checks false 0% 39 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 7 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Gas Prices stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post: “U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.” By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2025 stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": “Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump." By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025 Donald Trump 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.” By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2025 Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2024 Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2023 in a rally in Coralville, Iowa: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.” By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2023 Chris Rose stated on October 23, 2023 in a post on X: Gasoline prices are "up 63%" under President Joe Biden. By Anthony Starkey • November 2, 2023 Carol Miller stated on August 30, 2023 in a post on X: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.” By Michelle Peribanez • October 6, 2023 Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023 Erick Erickson stated on January 27, 2023 in a video: “Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.” By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023 Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet: “Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.” By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023 Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post: “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.” By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022 Joe Biden stated on October 27, 2022 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.: The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.” By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022 Viral image stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post: Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.” October 18, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad: Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.” By Laura Schulte • October 6, 2022 Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.” By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. " By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022 Instagram posts stated on August 30, 2022 in Instagram post: "Water-fueled car can travel from LA to NY on 22 gallons." August 31, 2022 Rebecca Kleefisch stated on July 6, 2022 in TV ad: “Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.” By Madeline Heim • August 5, 2022 Viral image stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.” By Grace Abels • July 28, 2022 Load More Latest Articles Verificamos lo que dijo Trump sobre la inversión de empresas petroleras de EEUU en Venezuela By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2026 Fact-checking Donald Trump on promised U.S. oil company investment in Venezuela By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2026 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statements on the economy in insult-laden Pennsylvania speech By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2025 Strait of Hormuz: What to know about the crucial oil passage Iran might block following US strikes By Ella Moore • June 23, 2025 Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes • November 16, 2022 Gasoline prices: Where they stand now, and why By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2022 Why is the US selling stockpiled oil to China? 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Donald Trump Reduce the cost of gasoline below $2 a gallon Prices at the pump are down, but not to $2 a gallon | January 20, 2026
Barack Obama Require drilling on current oil and gas leases Early proposals disappeared and never resurfaced | December 5, 2016
Barack Obama Expedite oil and gas drilling from domestic shale formations Supporters, critics of drilling both find data to support their case | December 20, 2012