TCT-ECO-009 · Energy
Gasoline was $1.87 when Trump left office
Statement and context
“Gasoline…was $1.87 when I was leaving office.”
Repeated claim; quoted July 21, 2021, Fox News interview.
What the evidence shows
EIA’s national weekly average for regular gasoline was $2.379 per gallon on January 18, 2021, and $2.392 on January 25. The national average briefly fell below $1.90 in spring 2020 amid the pandemic collapse in travel and oil demand, but not when Trump left office.
False. The claim substitutes a pandemic-era low from months earlier for the national price at the end of the term.
Sources and attribution
Tracker research synthesis; inspect the linked evidence and research record.