Sunday, May 04, 2025

GasBuddy Refutes Trump $1.98 a Gallon Price Claim

GasBuddy, a company that tracks fuel costs across the country, is refuting President Trump's claims in a Friday morning social media post touting record low prices at the pump. "Gasoline just broke $1.98 a Gallon, lowest in years, groceries (and eggs!) down, energy down, mortgage rates down, employment strong, and much more good news, as Billions of Dollars pour in from Tariffs," the president wrote on his Truth Social platform. However, GasBuddy said it could not locate any fuel stations with those prices.

Posted by LampLighter at 09:31 PM | 20 COMMENTS | permalink

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Incredibly easy to debunk his (obviously unsourced) claim. Cheapest gas in Florida is $2.39 according to Gas Buddy, roughly 25% higher than he claims: www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/fl ... And the average gas price for the country is up since Trump's inauguration (Florida hasn't changed).

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-- Reed F. Richardson (@reedfrich.bsky.social) May 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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... "We don't have any data showing any individual stations below $2 a gallon today nor have we really seen any of that in the last several weeks since these claims have started," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a statement to NewsNation.

The lowest price in the nation as of Friday was in Mississippi at $2.63 per gallon, according to the company's data tracker. The national average is $3.18 as of Friday, according to AAA, with no prices listed at less than $2.61. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 08:47 PM

Sp, Pres Trump apparently lied to Americans (yet again)?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 08:48 PM

Too Much Joy - That's A Lie (1990)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...
genius.com

...
I'm tired of the stories that you always tell
Shakespeare couldn't tell a story that well
You're the largest liar that was ever created
You and Pinocchio are probably related
...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 08:53 PM

Sp, Pres Trump apparently lied to Americans (yet again)?

I kinda figured you morons would try to refute his statement .... here's reciepts
x.com

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-03 09:11 PM

#4 | Posted by oneironaut

One off aberration. Lowest Gas Prices in Atlanta

Nearby prices as shown on the receipt. https://www.gasbuddy.com/station/192632

Btw, Sam's Club a couple days ago was 2.43. Most stations are hovering around 2.55-2.65.

#5 | Posted by et_al at 2025-05-03 09:27 PM

@#4 ... here's reciepts ...

Two issues:

1) your current alias presented one receipt, not the multiple receipts it asserted.

2) was that receipt AI generated?


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 09:30 PM

was that receipt AI generated?

Station website is showing $2.85 for regular now, so it must have gone up 58% since this afternoon.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-03 09:53 PM

@#7

Yeah. That receipt was off.

One cue for me was the exact $10.00 cost on the receipt.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 10:03 PM

Everybody knows it was a Lie. Even the MAGAts. Who does he think he's crappin?

#9 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-05-04 08:43 AM

Photoshop --------.

#10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-04 01:25 PM

I kinda figured you morons would try to refute his statement .... here's reciepts
x.com

#4 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

It figures you'd slurp up Trumpy's latest lies no questions asked like the late great Hannibal Lector slurps up fava beans and Chianti.

Nothing The President of the United States says can be believed without independent confirmation.

And that's pretty sad America.

Enjoying your FAFO yet?

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-04 01:34 PM

When going through the Gasbuddy website I found these "best prices" in a few states:

$2.19 in Texas according to the gasbuddy website.
www.gasbuddy.com

$2.19 in Mississippi according to the gasbuddy website.
www.gasbuddy.com

$2.29 in South Carolina according to the gasbuddy website.
www.gasbuddy.com

$2.26 in Louisiana according to the gasbuddy website.
www.gasbuddy.com

$2.29 also in Kansas and Oklahoma
www.gasbuddy.com
www.gasbuddy.com

$2.31 in Tennessee
www.gasbuddy.com

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"....The lowest price in the nation as of Friday was in Mississippi at $2.63 per gallon...."
That article should have said the lowest *average* price in the nation as of Friday was in Mississippi at $2.63 per gallon.

I did not see anywhere in my search where gas went below $2, as Trump claimed.

Thank you Lamplighter, Gasbuddy looks like a good resource for gas prices...I'll definitely be using it in the future.

#12 | Posted by Idependant97 at 2025-05-04 11:13 PM

One cue for me was the exact $10.00 cost on the receipt.

Might have bee filing a Jerry can with dyed "off road" gas?

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-04 11:20 PM

I kinda figured you morons would try to refute his statement .... here's reciepts

Read the first few comments you stupid sack of dishonest s*&^.

Even "gas biz guy" admits it's not real in that it's artificially low due to rewards/program discounts.

Have you finally stopped acting as if you're a "liberal" and finally admit to being a lying sack of righty troll s*&^?

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-05 09:46 AM

But he has negotiated 200 trade deals right?
How do you know he's lying? His lips or thumbs are moving.

#15 | Posted by northguy3 at 2025-05-05 10:41 AM

I drove from St. Louis to Atlanta and back this past week. Lowest price I saw was $2.53.

#16 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-05-05 01:25 PM

I kinda figured you morons would try to refute his statement .... here's reciepts
x.com

#4 | Posted by oneironaut

"Hmm...this page doesn't exist. Try searching for something else. Sorry, that post has been deleted."

#17 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-05-05 01:26 PM

$2.39/.49 here in LA.

#18 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-05-06 12:34 PM

"I heard of a gas station selling for $2.40 / gallon! That must be true everywhere in the state and country!"
-MAGA

#19 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-05-06 01:06 PM

"All administrations sometimes hide, shade or slant the truth-and occasionally lie outright. The present administration is different in that it lies regularly, blatantly, heedlessly."

Richard Primus

#20 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-05-06 02:13 PM

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