‘DROP YOUR PRICE’: Trump warns gas stations to stop ‘gouging’ at the pump before July 4
President Donald Trump is trying to achieve peace in the Middle East and “affordability” at the gas pump heading into the busy July 4 holiday travel weekend.
“Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Monday night, hailing the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz amid the memorandum of understanding (MOU).
“They’re too high considering that Oil is now at $68 a Barrel, and heading south.
“The Retailers must quickly react to this statement, and do what they know is right — DROP YOUR PRICE FOR OUR GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE!
“There will be no gauging, which is totally illegal.
“If Retailers don’t do this, big problems lie ahead!”
Trump directly called out high-gas tax states like California for “gouging” the American travel consumer.
“Start targeting around the $2.50 a Gallon number, and California should stop charging such heavy Taxes on their Gasoline,” Trump’s post continued.
“Soon the Tax will be higher than the Product itself, and the United States will not stand for it, nor will the People of California, who are being abused by these ridiculous Taxes, and by their own Government.”
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