Doocy Grills Trump Aide on Shifting Gas-Price Promises Amid Oil Market Turmoil
TL;DR
Fox News’ Peter Doocy pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on when gas would fall to $3 a gallon, but Bessent dodged a firm timeline, offering a broad window (June 20 to Sept. 20) while blaming gas stations for price spikes; the backdrop is surging pump prices—about $4+ per gallon nationwide—driven by Iran-related oil disruptions and Strait of Hormuz tensions, as the IMF warns of global economic risks and Trump defends the price increases as necessary for national security.
- Fox Reporter Corners Trump Stooge on Shifting Price Promises The Daily Beast
- White House assures voters gas prices will go down in summer despite ‘short-term volatility’ Politico
- Trump borrows a page from Biden on bringing down gas prices qz.com
- Bessent ‘optimistic’ gas can return to $3 per gallon this summer Fox News
- Treasury Sec. eyes $3 gas The Hill
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