Treasury Secretary Bessent warns oil companies to lower prices after Trump demands $2.50 per gallon
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Gaya Gupta
3h ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned oil and gas companies to lower prices, saying 'we're watching,' following Donald Trump's social media rant demanding retailers drop prices to $2.50 a gallon. Bessent suggested oil companies are making 'record profits' and urged them to be 'good actors' especially during the 250th anniversary year.
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bskyTreasury Secretary Bessent warns oil companies to lower prices after Trump demands $2.50 per gallontheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledI would encourage them to be good actors, especially in the 250th anniversary, because we're watching.
We're watching
Time to
Scott Bessent says he ‘encourages them to be good actors’ after Trump ranted about prices not dropping fast enough
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