Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
The White House has begun shying away from gas price predictions.
It’s a question that comes up almost daily in interviews, Oval Office appearances, and congressional testimony: When will gas prices go down?
Early on, President Trump and his team offered varying — though often vague — timelines.
“A little while,” Trump said days into the war.
“Weeks, not months,” his interior secretary said a few weeks later.
But in recent weeks, the White House has largely pivoted away from even those fuzzy promises as the Iran war has reached the two-month mark and gas prices hit new highs.
Trump himself said on Fox Business that he hopes gas prices will be lower by the midterm elections, but hedged that “it could be, or the same, or maybe a little bit higher.”
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, trying to avoid being pinned down by a Senate Democrat, said a few days ago, “No one can offer guarantees about the future.”
Gas in the US averaged $4.39 per gallon on Friday, according to the American Automobile Association, up more than $0.30 from just a week ago.
"Watch out folks," warned Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, saying that the “national average could quickly hit $4.50/gal.”
Those high prices and the possibility of further increases have made many in the administration increasingly cautious. But Trump being Trump, he hasn’t always stuck to the message.
It’s a question that comes up almost daily in interviews, Oval Office appearances, and congressional testimony: When will gas prices go down?
Early on, President Trump and his team offered varying — though often vague — timelines.
“A little while,” Trump said days into the war.
“Weeks, not months,” his interior secretary said a few weeks later.
But in recent weeks, the White House has largely pivoted away from even those fuzzy promises as the Iran war has reached the two-month mark and gas prices hit new highs.
Trump himself said on Fox Business that he hopes gas prices will be lower by the midterm elections, but hedged that “it could be, or the same, or maybe a little bit higher.”
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, trying to avoid being pinned down by a Senate Democrat, said a few days ago, “No one can offer guarantees about the future.”
Gas in the US averaged $4.39 per gallon on Friday, according to the American Automobile Association, up more than $0.30 from just a week ago.
"Watch out folks," warned Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, saying that the “national average could quickly hit $4.50/gal.”
Those high prices and the possibility of further increases have made many in the administration increasingly cautious. But Trump being Trump, he hasn’t always stuck to the message.
