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President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine's bombing of Russian oil refineries and energy policies in "blue states" for high gas prices, rather than attributing them to the conflict with Iran. As of Monday, the average cost of a gallon of unleaded fuel was over $4.36, while diesel gasoline cost drivers $6.32 per gallon. Trump is set to make an announcement during his trip to Nebraska regarding potential changes in taxes on diesel and increasing access to tax-exempt fuels for agriculture and transportation sectors.
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President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine's bombing of Russian oil refineries and the energy policies in "blue states," such as California, for rising gas prices, rather than attributing them to the ongoing conflict with Iran. He made this statement on his social media platform Truth Social. The average cost of a gallon of unleaded fuel was over $4.36 as of Monday, according to AAA, though it has slightly decreased from its summer high of $4.47 per gallon. Diesel gasoline prices were even higher at $6.32 per gallon compared to last year's benchmarks. Trump and his aides have been intensely focused on gas prices for several months as Iran continues to resist the president’s military and economic campaigns against it. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that President Trump would make an announcement regarding this topic during a trip to Nebraska on Monday evening.
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine’s bombing of Russian oil refineries and the energy policies of “blue states” are to blame for elevated gas prices, not the ongoing war with Iran.
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bombing → say → Iran
“What’s driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are coming out now on an almost daily basis, but the word, ‘Refineries,” where Russia’s are being blown up by Ukraine, and where ours are being closed up, in Blue States, like California, by the Dumocrats,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
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president → drive → Social
As of Monday, the average cost of 1 gallon of unleaded fuel was more than $4.36, according to AAA.
uncertain
cost → accord → AAA
Prices are creeping down from the summer high of $4.47 per gallon, but are still more than a dollar higher than last year’s summer average.
asserted
Prices → creep → average
Diesel gasoline prices are even higher compared to last year’s benchmarks, with a gallon costing drivers $6.32 as of Monday morning.
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gallon → compare → morning
Trump and top aides have been hyper-focused on elevated gas prices for months, as Iran continues to resist the president’s military and economic campaigns.
asserted
Iran → continue → campaigns
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Fox News Monday morning that the president would make an “announcement” on the topic during a trip to Nebraska Monday evening.
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president → tell → Nebraska
White House officials declined to comment on the exact details of Trump’s announcement, but reports indicate that he plans to order the Treasury Department to review certain taxes on diesel gasoline and boost the availability of some tax-exempt fuels for use in the agriculture and transportation sectors.
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he → decline → sectors
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