Fact checking Trump's claims that the US oil and gas industry is 'back' and 'expanding.' He's wrong.

Washington (CNN)Last week, President Donald Trump visited Midland, Texas, a region deep in the heart of the West Texas oil patch. Ostensibly there for a fundraising event, Trump gave a speech in which he essentially claimed victory over the crash in oil prices that have throttled much of the US oil and gas industry this year.

"And now we're back," Trump told the audience at Double Eagle Energy, "and now we're just going to keep expanding. ... We did a great job."

Trump cast himself in a leading role in...