Let's look at oil prices
"Oil prices are higher now than they were when President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. But Trump posted a wildly deceptive chart on Friday that wrongly suggests oil prices are lower than they were upon predecessor Joe Biden’s departure.The text at the top of the chart claims, “Oil is Down 25% or $30 Per Barrel Since Sleepy Joe.” The chart has two bars: a blue bar labeled “Biden $120” and a much smaller green bar reading “Trump $90.” An arrow points downward from the “Biden” bar toward the “Trump” bar.Here’s the big problem. The price of oil wasn’t anywhere close to $120 when Biden left office.US crude oil futures actually closed below $80 per barrel on January 20, 2025, the day of Trump’s second inauguration, and on January 17, 2025, the last full trading day under Biden. By contrast, after a spike in oil prices triggered by the war Trump launched against Iran in late February, US crude was trading above $94 per barrel most of Friday morning."
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