Trump demanded to lower gasoline prices in the US
American President Donald Trump demanded that companies engaged in retail gasoline sales in the US immediately lower prices and threatened them with serious problems otherwise.
"Gasoline sellers must immediately lower prices! They are too high, given that the cost of oil is now $68 per barrel and falling," the American leader wrote Monday on Truth Social. According to him, "sellers must quickly respond to this statement." "There will be no artificial price gouging, this is completely illegal," Trump added. "If sellers do not do this, there will be big problems," he stressed, referring to the price reduction.
According to the head of the Washington administration, gasoline should cost about $2.50 per gallon (3.785 liters) in the US. He also stressed that authorities in the state of California should reduce fuel taxes.
Last week, Trump stated that US authorities would conduct an investigation into the fact that gasoline prices in the US have not decreased significantly. He clarified that the checks would concern, in particular, the companies Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell and BP. Trump also threatened these companies with problems at the time if it turned out that they were engaged in artificial price gouging.
