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Trump promised to slash energy costs , but gasoline, diesel and jet fuel all soared instead

Reported · Written up by our desk · North America

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.

Latest closeGasoline (RBOB) $3.114 ▼2.2%

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