Why U.S. Gas Prices Fell, Then Soared From 2025 To 2026

Описание: (The quickest and cheapest way to end the nightmare: https://vetoproofusa2026.com/ ). Regular gas cost $3.11 a gallon when Donald Trump returned to office, slipped to $2.78 by January 2026, and stood at $4.28 on Oct. 19, 2026, with diesel at $6.28 after an all-time high of $6.53. What pulled prices down in 2025, and what sent them soaring in 2026? A three-minute walk through the evidence, from the government's own data.

Chapters
00:00 Fuel prices under Trump
00:18 2025: A world awash in oil
00:37 Drill, baby, drill?
00:59 2026: War with Iran
01:21 Emergency oil
01:40 A truce, then a second wave
01:53 Diesel's record
02:19 Where prices stand now
02:40 The bottom line

About the numbers: prices are U.S. averages from the EIA's weekly survey, in dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation) unless noted. Brent is EIA's daily spot price, which ran well above futures prices during the war. Every figure on screen is computed from the official data or quoted from the sources below.

The narration is a synthetic voice, made with the open-source Kokoro text-to-speech model.

Sources
1. EIA, weekly retail gasoline prices: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
2. EIA, weekly retail diesel prices: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
3. EIA, Brent crude spot prices: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
4. CNBC, Trump's call for cheaper oil: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/busines...
5. EIA, OPEC+ restores output early: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
6. White House, the April tariffs: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheet...
7. EIA, tariffs and oil demand: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
8. EIA, the oil glut: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
9. FactCheck.org, Trump's pledge to halve energy prices: https://www.factcheck.org/2024/10/the...
10. EIA, oil rigs in operation: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
11. EIA, U.S. crude oil production: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
12. White House, the inaugural address: https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/20...
13. EIA, fewer rigs and record output: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
14. Dallas Fed, survey of oil executives: https://www.dallasfed.org/research/su...
15. IEA, the war's supply shock: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/ass...
16. EIA, the Hormuz closure and Jones Act waiver: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
17. EIA, why tankers stopped: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
18. EIA, the Strait of Hormuz: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
19. DOE, the emergency oil release: https://www.energy.gov/articles/unite...
20. EIA, the release as an exchange: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
21. EIA, Strategic Petroleum Reserve stocks: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
22. EPA, the nationwide fuel waiver: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-...
23. EIA, the June deal and lower prices: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
24. EIA, strikes resume in July: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
25. EIA, September's attacks and the outlook: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/arc...
26. Reuters, Gulf diesel and low U.S. stocks: https://www.kitco.com/news/off-the-wi...
27. Reuters, Russia's diesel export ban: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/...
28. EIA, diesel and heating oil stocks: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...
29. EIA, diesel's record: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...
30. BLS via FRED, consumer price index: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CP...
31. FactCheck.org, gas prices under Trump: https://www.factcheck.org/2026/10/tru...