Grand IslandDiesel averages $6.32 a gallon, AAA says, off its record.
Trump is set to ease limits on tax-exempt red diesel, people familiar with the plans said.
Dyed diesel escapes the 24-cent federal diesel tax and is reserved for farms and construction sites.
Trump blamed Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries and California’s refinery closures, not the Strait of Hormuz.
An AP-NORC poll found 65% of Americans blame Trump’s policies for higher prices, weeks before midterm elections.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- fact-checks Trump's Strait of Hormuz claim (daily exports down 97%), cites expert on abnormal Middle Eastern flows
- TRT World
- Raw Story leans critical
- frames Trump's blame-shift as hypocritical—Trump promised to end war on Day 1, yet blames Ukraine for gas prices
- Financial Times News
- reports Trump's red diesel tax exemption expansion as political damage control targeting farmers before midterms
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, TRT World, Raw Story, Financial Times News