Trump Calls $4.16 Gas “Not Very High” as Prices Begin to Climb Again
President Donald Trump said gas prices are “not very high” on Tuesday. Currently, the national average is about $4.16 per gallon, down from $4.55 about four weeks earlier.
Trump claimed, “If you notice, the price is not very high, relatively speaking. I mean, it’s lower than during the Biden administration.” He also argued that gas is “lower during a military conflict than it was during the Biden administration.”
The current national average of roughly 4.16 dollars per gallon is indeed below the 5.02‑dollar peak reached in June 2022 during Biden’s term, when Russia invaded Ukraine, but current gas prices are higher than virtually all other days of the Biden administration and higher than when Biden left office. According to data from AAA, gas prices stayed below $3 per gallon for most of Biden’s presidency, and were $3.10–$3.12 per gallon when he left office in January 2025.
Earlier this year, Trump cited gas at about $2.30 a gallon as evidence of his economic stewardship, but that figure has since climbed by more than 50 percent to the current $3.60–$4.16 range as the conflict in Iran intensified.
At the start of 2026, experts suggested that the national average could dip below 3 dollars if geopolitical tensions eased and supply remained ample. Gas prices increased by 0–30 cents per gallon early this week as tensions between the U.S., Israel, Iran, and Lebanon intensified.
