Donald Trump did not fulfill his campaign promise to cut gas prices to less than two dollars a gallon.

Posted by IHIP News, Oct 15, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictTrue

Sources: 4 support3 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 92%

IHIP NewsOct 15, 2026

The claim matches the post's wording and the sources consistently show Trump promised gas below $2 a gallon and did not deliver: AP reports prices averaging about $4.25, and PolitiFact and NBC report prices more than double the promised level. The post's wording and the claim are faithful, so the claim is graded as stated.

What was said

… They can't really defend it. They He ran on no new wars, didn't do that. He said he was gonna release the up scene files, didn't do that. He said he was gonna cut in the gas prices down to less than two bucks a gallon, didn't do it. That's what I'm saying, like, everything that he said he was gonna do, he did not do. There's a 29% of America that still approves of what Donald Trump does, and I think maybe there is something to maybe it's a little bit higher than that, because there are …

IHIP News · Oct 15, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. AP reports that Trump's campaign promise was gas below $2 a gallon and that prices currently average about $4.25.[1]

Supports. PolitiFact's promise tracker rates the promise to reduce gasoline below $2 a gallon as broken, noting gasoline costs more than twice the promised level.[2]

Supports. NBC News reports voters were promised gas below $2 a gallon and got the opposite, with the Iran war raising gas prices.[3]

Supports. Data for Progress polling finds seven in 10 voters say Trump has not kept the promise to get gasoline below $2 a gallon, including a majority of Republicans.[4]

Context. CNBC and Reuters coverage attributes the rise in prices to the Iran war, which Trump's energy policies did not prevent; the promise was repeated in 2024 and again tied to the war's outcome in 2026.[5][6][7]