WASHINGTON (AP) —President Trump says he will tap the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to 'bring gas prices down."
During an interview Wednesday with WKRC Local 12 in Cincinnati, Trump was asked about tapping the reserve and said, “Well, we’ll do that and then we’ll fill it up.”
He added, “Right now we’ll reduce it a little bit, and that brings the prices down.” He didn’t specify how many barrels of oil the U.S. would release.
Trump frequently criticized the administration of former President Joe Biden for tapping the reserve to try and bring down gas prices.