Trump promised to slash energy costs — but gasoline, diesel and jet fuel all soared instead
CNBC · ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — President Donald Trump promised voters who were angry about inflation that he would slash gasoline prices below $2 a gallon in his first year in office.
- CODE
- RT-05C878
- PUBLISHER
- CNBC
- TOPIC
- Business
- PUBLISHED
- 31 October 2026 · 12:49 UTC
- FIRST SEEN
- 31 October 2026 · 13:15 UTC
- ORIGINAL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/31/trump-gas-diesel-price-midterm-election.html
- SHA-256
- 0e48fd5321439d0930a06d3e09929040039f66667b6b02c32ca66fbfd5ee4347
The fingerprint is the SHA-256 of the original link, the headline and the publication time joined by “|”. Anyone can recompute it to confirm the headline and link were not changed here.
Headline and short excerpt from CNBC, taken from its public news feed. The full story and its photos belong to CNBC — read it at the original. RICHTVX NEWS is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with CNBC. Corrections: legal@richtvx.news.
More from CNBC
Companies promised AI gains— here's how the payoff showed up in earningsRT-7CAF3D · BUSINESS
OpenAI pares fundraising goal, now seeking up to $20 billion in latest roundRT-DB8706 · BUSINESS
How to start an art collection on any budgetRT-896955 · BUSINESS
