Just six months into his second presidency, President Donald Trump and his team have kept so many of the promises made by candidate Trump during the 2024 campaign that it is hard to catalog them all. Where energy and American consumers are concerned, one of the most important among those campaign pledges was Trump’s commitment to lower prices for gasoline at the pump.

Not even the most partisan politico can claim Trump has failed to deliver on that one, at least not with a straight face. Throughout the summer driving season, consumers have enjoyed the lowest gas prices in four years in 2025, with little reason to anticipate those prices to move higher in the near future, as the global market for crude oil remains somewhat oversupplied.

Obviously, there are many factors that influence crude prices, which are largely determinative of gas prices at the pump. Just as obviously, most of those factors are beyond the ability of any U.S. president to control. Thus, Trump and his team are enjoying the benefits of governing during a soft global market.

But there is no question that Trump policies have helped create the conditions for that softening market. After the Brent index for international trades saw its 2025 peak at over $81 per barrel during the waning days of the Biden administration, Trump inherited a robust

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