Trump’s False Claims about Gas, Egg Prices

Several times over the last week, President Donald Trump has assured Americans that the prices of eggs and gasoline are down significantly. But he has made false claims about the cost of both products.

“Prices are going down, not going up,” Trump said in Oval Office remarks on April 22, for example. “I see that we had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon. Nobody thought they’d see that for years maybe.”

Later in his remarks, he said, “And as you know, the cost of eggs has come down like 93%, 94% since we took office, and they’re pretty much normally priced now.”

As of March, the most recent data available, the average retail price of eggs was up, not down. And there are no states where the price of gasoline has dipped below $2. The national average is $3.11.

Here are the facts.