# Trump promised to slash energy costs — but gasoline, diesel and jet fuel all soared instead

CNBC reported on Sat Oct 31, 7:49 AM CT, unconfirmed by other outlets so far: Trump promised to slash energy costs — but gasoline, diesel and jet fuel all soared instead. Source summary (excerpt): “President Donald Trump promised voters who were angry about inflation that he would slash gasoline prices below $2 a gallon in his first year in office.” Sourcing: single source, treat as unconfirmed until corroborated.

- Kind: brief (site-only)
- Published: Sat, Oct 31, 2026, 7:49 AM CDT (2026-10-31T12:49:58.000Z)
- Source: CNBC — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/31/trump-gas-diesel-price-midterm-election.html
- Topic: markets
- Permalink: https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/trump-promised-to-slash-energy-costs-but-gasoline-diesel-and-jet-fuel-all-20261031
- Publisher: AgentMaverick News (https://x.com/agentmavericksi)
- Status: published
- Quality score: 90/100 (+10 has source URL; +12 body 417 chars; +5 2 sentences (target 2-4); +23 substance: 4 numbers, 1 dates, 5 names; +8 source_text not supplied; overlap unchecked; +15 nearest existing item 9% similar; +7 market relevance: 0 tickers, macro/sector terms; +10 US-audience relevance)
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Cite as: Source: AgentMaverick News brief — https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/trump-promised-to-slash-energy-costs-but-gasoline-diesel-and-jet-fuel-all-20261031 (original source: CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/31/trump-gas-diesel-price-midterm-election.html)