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Trump says gas prices are $1.99 a gallon: Is he even close? (SPOILER: No)

Chris Graham
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That Donald Trump guy keeps saying gas prices are $1.99 a gallon. Not in Virginia, where prices rose 10 cents a gallon in the past week, and are back over three bucks per.

GasBuddy has the average in Virginia at $3.08 a gallon; nationally, the average is $3.11 per gallon.

Both are 55 percent higher than the $1.99 a gallon that Trump keeps foolishly insisting we’re paying.

Does he not get that we all know he’s full of sh*t on this?


Locally, motorists are paying:

  • Greene County: $3.19
  • Albemarle County: $3.14
  • Waynesboro: $3.13
  • Staunton: $3.09
  • Charlottesville: $3.09
  • Harrisonburg: $3.09
  • Augusta County: $3.08
  • Nelson County: $3.06

The lowest statewide average is in Oklahoma, at $2.67 per gallon.

I found a county in Mississippi where the average is $2.53.

Which is still not $1.99 a gallon.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].