U.S. and Venezuela hold over 60% of global oil
AP calculated roughly 22% of global reserves, or 19.6% of crude production, for the two countries combined. Neither supports 60%.
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Trump fact checks: Energy
Evidence and source-linked assessments of Donald Trump’s energy claims. Counts describe this selected catalogue, not all statements or every repetition.
The U.S. and Venezuela each earned hundreds of billions from Venezuelan oil
PolitiFact reported an estimated total of roughly $13 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue since January. That does not support hundreds of billions for each country.
AI will require more energy than the entire United States now uses
Available forecasts for data centers describe a fraction of U.S. electricity demand, not a doubling of all national energy consumption. Electricity is also only one part of total energy use.
Gasoline prices fell substantially on May 7, 2026
Pump-price data did not show the claimed decline over May 4–7. A movement in crude-oil prices does not immediately translate into the same change in retail gasoline.
U.S. oil production exceeds Russia and Saudi Arabia combined
The comparison is supported when oil includes crude and other petroleum liquids. Using crude oil alone changes the result, so the definition matters.
China uses very few wind farms
China had the world’s largest operating wind capacity, around 44% of the global total in the cited data. Its manufacturing of turbines for export did not mean it rarely used them domestically.
Some states averaged $1.98 gasoline in April 2025
The lowest state average in the relevant week was about $2.66. The nationwide station data reviewed also did not substantiate the claimed $1.98 price.
Germany was opening coal power plants all over the country
Some old plants temporarily returned during the 2022 energy emergency, then closed again in 2024. That did not establish the broad new coal expansion described.
Energy costs would fall by more than half in 12 months
The prediction’s deadline was January 20, 2026. EIA retail series do not show a greater-than-50% national decline in gasoline, residential electricity, or the major residential energy-price measures over that period. Electricity prices in particular did not halve.
Gasoline was $1.87 when Trump left office
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.