Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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96/100
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Toward the end of his 2024 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump pledged to “cut your energy costs in half within 12 months after taking office.”
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Trump → pledge → office
The promise was outlandish, but Trump is hardly the first politician to make outlandish promises.
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Trump → make → promises
In his first 12 months in office, the price of gas did come down, modestly, as did the price of heating oil.
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price → come → oil
(Electricity and natural gas got somewhat more expensive, and diesel held steady.)
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diesel → get → ?
The dramatic “Energy Dominance” agenda promised to further establish the United States as a net exporter of various forms of energy.
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agenda → promise → energy
Then, this spring came the war with Iran, and prices in the United States, especially the price of diesel, went up, up, up.
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prices → come → diesel
At times, the president has shown leadership and political resolve in the face of these increases, making the case that they are a price worth paying if it means Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
And then there are moments like the present.
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Iran → show → present
The midterms are three weeks away and diesel prices, which percolate through the economy in various inflationary ways, are a problem.
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which → percolate → ways
The price of diesel has risen by roughly 50 percent since the start of the Iran war, prior to which it had been steady for several years.
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it → rise → years
As the timing suggests, the fighting in the Middle East is the major contributing factor.
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fighting → suggest → East
In addition to the difficulty of getting crude oil out of the region, refining capacity throughout the Gulf has been extensively damaged.
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capacity → get → Gulf
Making matters worse for diesel prices is the war between Russia and Ukraine, and Kyiv’s effective long-range strike campaign targeting Russia’s refineries.
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war → make → refineries
In short, Trump has an acute political and economic problem.
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Trump → have → problem
His attempt to address it in recent days has led to one of the most embarrassing weeks of his second term.
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attempt → address → term
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