President Trump is putting Big Oil on notice.
Shortly after midnight on June 24, 2026, Trump posted on Truth Social accusing major oil companies of failing to lower prices at the pump even as the cost of crude collapses.
He said customers are being “gouged.” And he said he has instructed the Department of Justice to immediately start looking into it.
This is a pro-consumer move, plain and simple. American families have been paying through the nose at the pump, and the President wants to know why the relief isn’t reaching them faster.
JUST IN: President Trump says he has instructed the DOJ to begin looking into “big Oil Companies” who “are not dropping their price at the pump”
“Customers are being ‘gouged’” he added pic.twitter.com/q4f7gfULU6
— TrendSpider (@TrendSpider) June 24, 2026
The core of Trump’s complaint is the gap between what oil companies pay and what drivers pay.
Crude prices are falling fast. Pump prices are crawling down slowly.
The President wants that math explained.
Fox Business reported the Truth Social post and the DOJ call on June 24, framing it as a direct White House affordability fight.
According to the report, Trump said the big oil companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are now paying for oil. That wording matters because Trump is tying the retail price directly to the wholesale input cost.
He said those oil prices are dropping like a rock, and that the savings need to show up faster for the people actually filling their tanks. His point was simple: if the war premium is fading from crude, American drivers should not be left paying yesterday’s panic price.
Fox Business also laid out the backdrop: Americans have been hit with higher fuel prices during the Iran war, WTI crude was around $71 Wednesday morning, and the President is now demanding the pump catch up to reality.
The data backs up the squeeze families are feeling.
AAA listed the national average for regular gas at $3.928 on June 24, with the live tracker also showing mid-grade at $4.441, premium at $4.816, diesel at $4.980, and E85 at $3.018.
That regular-gas average is down from $4.515 a month earlier, which is real progress in a short window.
But it is still well above the $3.224 drivers were paying one year earlier. A week ago the average sat at $4.025, and yesterday it was $3.926.
The picture is clear: prices are coming off the May peak, but they remain far higher than last summer, and families are still paying more to do the same daily driving. That spread is why a one-month drop is welcome, but not enough.
Trump instructs DOJ to immediately start looking at if big oil companies are gouging customers.
“The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil. Those prices are dropping like a rock! In other… pic.twitter.com/W9WUlz8ieg
— Dan Tsubouchi (@Energy_Tidbits) June 24, 2026
Now look at what crude is actually doing.
Trading Economics reported Brent crude fell below $74 a barrel on June 24, its lowest level since late February, as supply fears eased rather than because demand simply vanished.
Brent sat around $73.12, down roughly 5.13% on the day and about 24.36% over the month by that tracker.
The reason is good news for the country. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz increased, and progress in U.S.-Iran peace talks eased fears about supply being choked off.
The market page also noted an International Energy Agency estimate that the United Arab Emirates was exporting oil at nearly 85% of pre-war levels, with roughly 60 million barrels sold from the Persian Gulf recently.
That is a steep, fast drop in the raw cost of oil. The question Trump is asking is why the pump price isn’t moving down anywhere near as fast.
The broader timeline shows just how much 2026 has whipsawed drivers.
The Washington Examiner reported the national average dropped nearly 60 cents over the prior month, describing four straight weeks of falling fuel costs.
It also noted that June 24 ticked slightly higher than the day before, a reminder that the trend down has not been a straight line. That one-day rise matters because consumers often feel the pain quickly but see relief slowly.
The report tied the volatility to a January low, rising prices after Operation Epic Fury began on February 28, and a May high. It described the 2026 price story as a swing from a five-year low to a wartime spring surge.
That May 21 spike hit $4.564, the highest national average for gas at any point in either Trump term. Prices have since eased as peace talks advanced and the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
‘CUSTOMERS ARE BEING GOUGED’: President Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate major oil companies, accusing them of “gouging” American drivers by failing to pass along the steep drop in crude prices that followed the U.S.-Iran peace deal. pic.twitter.com/PIpdCBM3Va
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) June 24, 2026
Put it together and the President’s case writes itself.
Brent is down about a quarter over the month. The pump is down, but nowhere near that fast, and it remains far above last year.
Nobody is saying DOJ has found wrongdoing yet. Trump ordered the department to look into whether drivers are being gouged, and that investigation is just beginning.
But the instinct behind it is the right one. When the cost of oil falls like a rock and the price at the pump drifts down by pennies, the people paying the bill deserve an answer.
President Trump is demanding that answer on behalf of the working families who fill their tanks every week and watch the savings stop somewhere between the refinery and the register.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
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