“Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”
What PolitiFact found
Between May 4 and May 7, gasoline prices rose every day. Crude oil prices decreased, but daily variations aren’t reflected immediately in prices at the pump, experts say. By historical standards, U.S. gasoline prices are unusually high right now. The only time when gasoline prices were higher was for an eight-week period in 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 7 May 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2026, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-lincoln-memorial…
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