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BumRushDaShow

(170,623 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 03:47 AM Yesterday

Trump Says Gas Prices Are 'Not Very High' When Asked When Americans Can Expect Relief

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 16th, 2026, 3:59 pm


President Donald Trump spoke to reporters outside the White House on Thursday and was asked about gas prices, which he declared are “not very high.”

“Okay, and then on gas prices, how much longer will Americans continue to see these high gas prices?” Trump was asked by a reporter during the lengthy Q&A.

“Well, they’re not very high. If you look at what they were supposed to be in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, with the danger that entails, so the gas prices have come down very much over the last three, four days,” hit back Trump. “$4 a gallon still,” replied the reporter.

“I know, you know, that’s what ABC says, but the fact is that if you look, the stock market’s up, everything is doing really well. And the big thing we have to do is we have to make sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, because if they do, you want to talk about problems, you’d have problems. So, very important is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, and they’ve agreed to that. Iran’s agreed to it, and they’ve agreed to do it very powerfully,” Trump replied.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-says-gas-prices-are-not-very-high-when-asked-when-americans-can-expect-relief/

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Trump Says Gas Prices Are 'Not Very High' When Asked When Americans Can Expect Relief (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Gas prices are now much, much higher than in 2024 whem Trump promised to cut them in half Norrrm Yesterday #1
They'll do it "very powerfully." They probably looked at it "very strongly." He uses adverbs very weirdly. (n/t) thesquanderer Yesterday #2
He's an imbecile. Ray Bruns Yesterday #4
"The BIGLIEST!!!" durablend Yesterday #9
How the fuck would he know? Ray Bruns Yesterday #3
Of course they are not high to him, he does not pay for gas. Our tax money pays for his gas. For him, gas is free. appleannie1 Yesterday #5
Here in SoCal EuterpeThelo Yesterday #6
As the orange pedophile/rapist nwduke Yesterday #7
Says a guy who has probably never filled up a tank of gas in a car! kimbutgar Yesterday #8
I wonder... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #14
It's time to drive the motorcade through the gas station. BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #10
As a person who is sometimes blocked by his motorcade, I approve this plan. IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #16
At least only the sane countries have nuclear weapons. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #11
They are high Donny boy. You are apparently also. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago #12
He's wrong and right at the same time. mwooldri 19 hrs ago #13
But here's the issue - BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #17
Average price in the US in January 2025 when he took office was $3.19 IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #15
WUT BlueWavePsych 6 hrs ago #18

Norrrm

(5,237 posts)
1. Gas prices are now much, much higher than in 2024 whem Trump promised to cut them in half
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:00 AM
Yesterday

because they were too expensive.

thesquanderer

(13,052 posts)
2. They'll do it "very powerfully." They probably looked at it "very strongly." He uses adverbs very weirdly. (n/t)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:16 AM
Yesterday

appleannie1

(5,459 posts)
5. Of course they are not high to him, he does not pay for gas. Our tax money pays for his gas. For him, gas is free.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:54 AM
Yesterday

EuterpeThelo

(404 posts)
6. Here in SoCal
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:00 AM
Yesterday

I'm routinely seeing prices over $6/gallon now, with some stations up over $7. Two days ago, it cost me $49 to put half a tank in my little standard-size sedan (15.6 gallon tank). I stopped because it was $5.65/gallon, which nowadays is cheap. Thank the gods I get to work from home because if I were still commuting as I did for so many years, this would be shattering my budget. I feel so horrible for everyone who has no such choice - and here's the CEO of whatever gas company telling people they should drive less!

nwduke

(512 posts)
7. As the orange pedophile/rapist
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:20 AM
Yesterday

jumps on his personal 747, Air Force One, to fly down to his brothel at Mar a Lardo for his weekly golf junket!

GiqueCee

(4,430 posts)
14. I wonder...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:36 PM
18 hrs ago

... if he ever even learned how to drive. He is utterly oblivious to what working folks have to deal with on a daily basis. But, even if he had an inkling, he wouldn't give a shit; he's a psychopath, and a malignant narcissist. But the simple-minded skidmarks in red hats would still vote for him, 'cause they're just as rotten inside as he is.

BidenRocks

(3,359 posts)
10. It's time to drive the motorcade through the gas station.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 01:34 PM
22 hrs ago

Fill them all up and make him wait.
Then make him pay!

IronLionZion

(51,404 posts)
16. As a person who is sometimes blocked by his motorcade, I approve this plan.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:51 PM
18 hrs ago

His motorcade uses a ton of gas.

mwooldri

(10,821 posts)
13. He's wrong and right at the same time.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 05:02 PM
19 hrs ago

From a US perspective they are high relative to "normal", when normal is given as $2.50 a gallon.

From the perspective of inflation.... In 1985 the USA was paying $1.20 a gallon. Adjusted for inflation it would be about $3.50 a gallon today.

So if gasoline tracked inflation it would be "not very high".

But it doesn't. So yeah, gasoline is expensive. Relatively speaking of course.

And Trump is still a lying scumbag.

BumRushDaShow

(170,623 posts)
17. But here's the issue -
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:38 PM
16 hrs ago

40 years ago, the federal minimum wage was $3.35/hr. So if one uses your $1.20/gal figure, that comes out to about 36% of 1 hour's pay for a gallon of gas. This is obviously applying to many of your lowest paid workers.

Fast forward 40 years and the minimum wage is $7.25/hr. And if do a ballpark estimate average of $4.00/gal for gas, you are now talking about 55% of 1 hour's pay needed for a gallon of gas.

So the wage lag is real and this crisis is impacting the least among us the most.

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