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Mon · 24 Aug 2026

Trump Demands Gasoline Retailers Cut Prices or Face "Big Problems"

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Trump Demands Gasoline Retailers Cut Prices or Face "Big Problems"

⛽ ENERGY — Trump's pump ultimatum lands while Hormuz is still half-closed. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Retailers don't set crude — refiners and futures markets do. With 80 mines in Hormuz's central route and daily transits at 25% of pre-war levels, the constraint is structural. Threatening corner stores assigns a domestic villain for pump prices while shielding the campaign from its own energy costs. No executive lever here actually moves the needle.

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