Trump’s imaginary numbers, from $1.99 gas to 1,500 percent price cuts

Washington Post via MSN ^ | July 27, 2025 | Naftali Bendavid

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The compost beclowns itself with fact checking such as Trump says gas hit $1.99 a gallon in 5 states, the fact check is "AAA maintains a website showing the average cost of gas in every state. None was significantly below $3 per gallon." Trump didn't say average, he said somewhere in 5 states gas fell to under $2.

[marktwain]

I believe the statement that gas fell to $1.99 in five states to be correct. It was very close to that in Oklahoma this year, at one point in time.

[GMMC0987]

As has often ben observed, the MSM take Trump literally, but they won’t take him seriously.

[Joann37]

Well, at least he isn’t telling us that his uncle was eaten by cannibals!

[kiryandil]

Naftali Bendavid should untwist her panties.

[kiryandil]

Naftali writes for the Washington POS.

[lightman]

Gas is cheap as pi.

$3.14/gallon along Interstate exits in south central Pennsylvania today.

[Williams]

I’m sure he’s correct if state gas taxes aren’t included.

[BereanBrain]

It’s been under 3$ a gallon for a couple of months here in Texas. I passed 2.42 the other day.

[joshua c]

that all you got wapos

sounds desperate

[dpetty121263]

Trump’s problem is the GOP hate him as much as the Dems do and time is running out and I know he has had a full card but Mid Term voters are not really feeling the love...Trump is losing big within the Moderate ranks... Doing ok with GOP voters.

[thescourged1]

Going to the grocery store would explain the problem with Moderates. Prices are still continuing to move upward at a pretty good clip. Even I got sticker shock last week after a trip to Walmart and the local grocery store. That is what is in front of Americans right now, and it’s a bad look.

[dpetty121263]

Yeah I got my sticker shock last week, bill for groceries at Wal Mart cost for 2 People and one is on a diet cost me $350....Personally think Trump needs to go hammer time on the GOP hard as his Economy is floundering...

[Varsity Flight]

Did he drive a 🚛 truck and was raised in a type church too?

[FlingWingFlyer]

What the heck is a Naftali Bendavid?

[Kleon]

I just got gas for $2.03. Not that far off Trump’s statement.

[henbane]

Naftali Bendavid is published in the Los Angeles Times, has appeared on NPR's Diane Rehm Show and PBS' Washington Week, and is the author of The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution. He also edited Obama: The Essential Guide to the Democratic Nominee.

IOW Bendavid is a Dem-saturated leftist.

[KC_Conspirator]

Gas has dropped in my area. That is going to have a good impact on prices as the cost of shipping goods will come down.

[kaktuskid]

Going to the grocery store would explain the problem with Moderates. Prices are still continuing to move upward at a pretty good clip. Even I got sticker shock last week after a trip to Walmart and the local grocery store. That is what is in front of Americans right now, and it’s a bad look.

Then why are we allowing food companies to merge? Why is our meat supply controlled by 5 companies? The consolidation in the food industry is one of the reason for high prices. And we have fewer cows and egg laying chickens right now.

[P.O.E.]

They never seem to mention the millions on the gov’t dole putting pressure on demand side of the price equation.