In the last week, President Trump has made a number of inaccurate claims that the prices of everyday items like gas and groceries have fallen since he took office — even as Americans are starting to face surcharges for some items as a result of his tariff hikes.
While Mr. Trump touts his economic record in interviews with the press, he has claimed without evidence that consumers are seeing record low prices at their gas pumps and exaggerated the decline in crude oil prices since he took office. The president has also falsely stated that he has overseen a drop in grocery prices.
Here's a breakdown of some of these claims:
Trump said April 22: "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."
Mr. Trump repeatedly claimed that gas prices dropped to a low of $1.98 in a few states in April, hitting lows not seen since his first term. However, that is not true; on average, gas prices are around the same as when the president took office in January.
Data from the Energy Information Administration shows a national average of about $3.14 per gallon of regular gas as of the third week in April — which is slightly higher than the $3.11 the week Mr. Trump was inaugurated.
GasBuddy, a company that tracks prices at more than 150,000 gas stations across the country, told CBS News it had not found evidence of a gas station selling gas for $1.98 per...
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