What did Donald Trump claim about energy on 2 Nov 2026?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And oil today is down $10, which is the biggest drop in oil in history. There's never been any single day where oil is -- has gone down that much, down $10
Oil has fallen more than $10 in a single day before, including weeks earlier. The benchmark U.S. crude price fell $55.29 on April 20, 2020, and $10.65 on September 25, 2026.
The Energy Information Administration's daily West Texas Intermediate spot price fell from $18.31 a barrel on April 17, 2020 to -$36.98 on April 20, 2020, a one-day drop of $55.29, and from $95.88 on September 24, 2026 to $85.23 on September 25, 2026, a drop of $10.65 (EIA, Cushing, OK WTI Spot Price FOB, daily).
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- Midterm remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Washington, D.C.
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