{"id":2393526,"date":"2025-01-22T06:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-on-trumps-first-full-day-in-office-the-cost-of-regular-gas-was-3-12-per-gallon-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T06:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:20:55","slug":"gas-prices-on-trumps-first-full-day-in-office-the-cost-of-regular-gas-was-3-12-per-gallon-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-on-trumps-first-full-day-in-office-the-cost-of-regular-gas-was-3-12-per-gallon-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices: On Trump\u2019s first full day in office, the cost of regular gas was $3.12 per gallon &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-on-trumps-first-full-day-in-office-the-cost-of-regular-gas-was-3-12-per-gallon-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-costs-remain-steady-to-begin-the-week-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gas Prices: Costs remain steady to begin the week - Washington Examiner\">article discusses gas prices<\/a> as President Donald Trump \u2062begins his presidency. On his first full day in office, the\u200c national\u2063 average\u2064 price for a gallon of regular gas\u2062 was reported at \u2063$3.126, according to AAA. This\u2064 represents \u2064a slight increase from the previous\u2064 day and reflects a trend \u2064of rising prices that began during\u200d the final weeks\u200b of the Biden administration. Comparatively,gas prices are higher than they were a \u200cyear prior,when they averaged $3.077 per gallon.The piece\u2064 highlights the ongoing rise in fuel costs as Trump takes the helm.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gas prices: On Trump&rsquo;s first full day in office, the cost of regular gas was $3.12 per gallon<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1941113\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump takes over the presidency as gas prices in the country continue to climb. During his first full day back in office on Tuesday, the national average price for a gallon of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-average-price-for-a-gallon-of-regular-gas-is-at-its-lowest-since-january-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gas prices: Average price for a gallon of regular gas is at its lowest since January - Washington Examiner\">regular gas increased slightly<\/a> to $3.126 per gallon, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to AAA<\/a>. The cost is the result of gradual increases over the last month during the final days of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s price was more expensive than a year ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.077 per gallon. It&rsquo;s also a cost that is higher than what the average price for a gallon of regular gas was during his first month in office during his first term in January 2017. Back then, a gallon of regular gas was $2.349, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/leafhandler.ashx?n=pet&amp;s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&amp;f=m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Information Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"bdc07528-2e2b-416b-ba52-abf34cf63783\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Gas Prices\"><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(e,n,i,s){var d=\"InfogramEmbeds\";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Fuel costs were a significant problem for people in the country during Biden&rsquo;s term. The average price for regular gas was $2.476 per gallon between 2017 and 2020, during Trump&rsquo;s first term. Costs quickly rose to over <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&amp;s=emm_epmr_pte_nus_dpg&amp;f=m\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$3 per gallon by June 2021<\/a>, less than six months after Biden&rsquo;s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices peaked at $4.929 in June 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-increases-at-the-pumps-to-start-2025-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gas prices: Increases at the pumps to start 2025 - Washington Examiner\">highest national average cost<\/a> for a gallon of regular gas in the nation&rsquo;s history. They gradually decreased the next month but fluctuated between 2022 and 2024. By April 2024, gas prices reached a high for the year before starting to fall in May. Over the next eight months, the cost of gas would eventually drop to $3.01 per gallon by mid-December. However, since then, prices have gradually increased.<\/p>\n<p>While at $3.126 per gallon nationally, gas prices vary across the country, depending on the state, ranging from $2.685 to $4.538 per gallon.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>The state with the cheapest gas prices in the country is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi<\/a>, at $2.685 per gallon. Meanwhile, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hawaii\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hawaii<\/a> is the state with the highest average price for a gallon of regular gas in the country at $4.538.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the capital region, prices have soared recently, with people in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., paying more at the pumps in January than in December. Virginia, which had an average price of under $3 per gallon last week, is now up to $3.072, according to AAA. Despite the increase, it is the state with the cheapest gas rates in the area. Delaware was once the state with the cheapest gas prices along the East Coast of the U.S. Now, the First State has an average cost of $3.239 per gallon for gas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maryland has the highest gas prices in the region, at $3.35 per gallon. The price was $3.176 a week ago, and a month ago, gas in the state only cost $2.90. In Washington, D.C., gas prices on Tuesday were slightly lower at $3.274.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1941113\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1941113\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices rose to $3.12 per gallon on Trump&#8217;s first full day in office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2393527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_jj1w3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36468,32544,32640],"class_list":["post-2393526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-energy-policy","tag-gas-prices","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_jj1w3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393526"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393530,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393526\/revisions\/2393530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}