Holiday Relief at the Pump: Gas Under $3 for First Time in Years
American workers and families are catching a well-deserved break this holiday season, with nationwide gas prices finally dipping below $3 a gallon—the lowest since May 2021, when the economy was still reeling from pandemic shutdowns and mask mandates cluttered every drawer.
“Nothing Better Than Saving Money” for Hardworking Americans
“As you go into the holiday season, there is nothing better than saving money,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox Business, highlighting how these lower costs put more cash back in the pockets of everyday commuters and truckers who keep the country running.
The national average now sits at $2.978 per gallon, per AAA data—a tangible win for blue-collar budgets strained by years of inflation and energy squeezes under the prior administration.
“This is what happens when the American public elects a president who cares about their pocketbook, cares about American people and not special interests or the climate crazies or whatever interest the Democrats are trying to appease,” Secretary Wright said. “President Trump’s just focused on the American consumer.”
Regional Wins and a Push for Even Lower Prices
Not everywhere feels the full relief yet: California tops the list at $4.51 a gallon, followed by Hawaii, while heartland workers in states like Oklahoma ($2.40), Texas ($2.53), Arkansas ($2.55), Colorado ($2.56), Mississippi ($2.57), Tennessee ($2.58), Louisiana ($2.60), Iowa ($2.63), Wisconsin ($2.63), and Missouri ($2.64) are filling up for far less, per AAA.
President Trump is optimistic about delivering more savings to the folks who need it most. “We’re gonna be, I think, at $2 a gallon,” Trump said during a press conference earlier this week.
“We could even crack that at some point, I’d love to do it. We could do it more easily if we weren’t building up the Strategic National Reserves, which Biden emptied out before the election.”
With crude oil prices steady around $60 a barrel fueling the drop, Wright pointed to ramped-up domestic production as the real game-changer for American jobs in oil fields and refineries.
“We will see increasing production in the next six to 12 months out of the Gulf of America. If you look carefully at the oil production data in the U.S., as a whole right now, it’s almost a million barrels a day higher than it was 12 months ago. So even with low oil prices, we’re seeing more development. Just common sense is back in town.”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts these worker-friendly prices holding below $3 through 2026, giving families breathing room for groceries, bills, and the drive to grandma’s house.
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