American President Donald Trump claimed on Monday, via a post on Truth Social, that the main drivers behind rising gas prices are Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries and Democratic Party policies in Democrat-controlled states — not the Strait of Hormuz. In his post on the Truth Social platform, Trump argued that the Strait of Hormuz is no longer the primary factor influencing fuel prices, noting that record quantities of oil are now being shipped through it on an almost daily basis.
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Trump’s post on rising gas prices
“What is driving up the price of gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz — as record amounts are now being exported on an almost daily basis — but rather the refinery issue: Russia’s are being blown up by Ukraine, while ours are being shut down in ‘blue’ states, like California, by the ‘Dumocrats.’ President Donald J. Trump“.
