Pain at the Pump | Drudge Retort

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Share how much you're paying to fill your tank today.

Posted by retort at 09:05 AM | 20 COMMENTS | permalink

Even Trump's own Energy Secretary admits his claim that gas price increases would be "short-term" is a lie.
Gas is now over $4 nationally, and $5.85 in California. Americans are paying the price for Trump's disastrous leadership.[image or embed]
-- Rep. Judy Chu (@chu.house.gov) Apr 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM

Comments

I filled a rented 2025 F-150 XLR last weekend. 3/4 tank for $88, at a Bucees which tends to be on the lower end of the price spectrum. However, that was 670 miles of range on a full tank.

#1 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-21 09:18 AM

23 mpg average, Houston to San Antonio and back. Might have done a little better in eco mode but probably not much.

#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-21 09:19 AM

Picture that gas meter as Donald Trump sucking the ever-living soul out of you.

I think that most people already do.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-21 09:25 AM

20 bucks for my '77 Honda SuperSport. The only way to travel.

#4 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-04-21 09:33 AM

Remember, as it says in The Book of Books: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal." So, let it go, tomorrow's another day, fuhgedaboudit, two maybe three weeks it'll blow over. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
~ MAGAJesus.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-21 10:13 AM

$4.06 in WNY. Usually don't let the tank drop below 1/2 so half a tank is $30 or so.

I've cut my speed on the highway and now average 34.6 MPG on my Subie.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-21 10:19 AM

"Share how much you're paying to fill your tank today."

Free! Mexico paid for it!*

* Check is in the mail.

#7 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-21 10:21 AM

Heckuva job there, Pedo.

Wonder how much they pay for gas in Israel?

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-21 10:35 AM

Oh, it's $5.49 @ AM/PM

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-21 10:36 AM

$3.90/gal on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina.

#10 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-21 10:38 AM

Regular is up $1 and Diesel is up $1.60 here in rural Texas.

The rural boys are screaming all over the local Facebook groups. But none of them are mentioning Trump of course. Just begging for handouts.

#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-21 10:44 AM

*** Oil Companies Making $30 Million Per Hour in Unearned Profit Because of this War on Behalf of Israel ***

"The world's top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30 million every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the illegal war the US launched against Iran on behalf of Israel. Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, and ExxonMobil are among the biggest beneficiaries of the bonanza."

Source: Peaceloving Hardworking American Taxpayers Lose Again

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-21 10:57 AM

$3.99 in St. Louis. Was $2.49 when Trump launched this ill-conceived war of his.

#13 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-21 10:58 AM

"I filled a rented 2025 F-150 XLR last weekend"

I sold my 2018 XLT back in autumn, 2024. I bought a 12x20' pre-cut modular A-frame with the proceeds. Happy I did.

#14 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-04-21 11:07 AM

The last time I filled-up was April 9th and I paid $5.399 for regular at our local COSTCO. According to their app, if I were to fill-up today, it would cost $5.359.

For the record, I live in Southern California, and at the name brand stations, like Chevron, the gas there is over $6 a gallon.

OCU

#15 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-04-21 11:18 AM

$3.99 here.

#16 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-21 11:24 AM

I shall mod the Cummins diesel to burn used fryer oil from the chicken tendies.

Ride with me my DR brethren and sistren, free from the shackles binding us to the cruel escapades of our petro overlords!

#17 | Posted by schifferbrains at 2026-04-21 11:42 AM

87 oct: $5.19
Diesel : $6.70

Paying the same prices under Biden, all the whining is pretty funny.

I shall mod the Cummins diesel to burn used fryer oil from the chicken tendies.

Can you do this with a Ford-F250 7.3L diesel? Interested; just to justify the truck to the wife.