"Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed Trump Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on prices that are increasing or only moderately abating, asking when Americans will begin to feel different about costs. Trump has been fighting a battle over affordability since the Election Day bloodbath, insisting concerns over prices are a con job, and repeatedly claiming he's already solved the issue. A raft of new polls show Trump getting clobbered on the economy a potential indication voters aren't convinced he's particularly expert on the issue."
"And for people now, you know, if you look at the latest energy inflation data, this is September inflation data. You know, you can see energy going up, electricity going up. Gasoline a little bit down, gas service up. And if you looked at the average gas price, these are two different things to look at, but steady from one year ago, it's about roughly the same. $3.07, $3 and six cents."
"I think you'll soon see a stop in the rise of electricity prices. We're going to achieve that, I think, hopefully in the first half of 2026, the stop of the rises. But during the Trump administration, you will see a downward trend before the administration is over, a downward in the price of electricity in most all states that are open to building new infrastructure, that are building data centers, that building power plants, that are building pipelines. We will see overall a downward national trend in the price of electricity."
Bret Baier pressed Energy Secretary Chris Wright about continuing or only modestly abating energy price increases and asked when Americans would feel relief. The report notes Trump has battled over affordability since Election Day, dismissing price concerns as a con job and claiming the problem is solved, while polls show weakness on the economy. September energy inflation showed electricity rising, gasoline slightly down, and average gas prices roughly unchanged at about $3.07. Wright predicted a stop to electricity price rises, hopefully by mid-2026, and a downward national electricity price trend before the administration ends, tied to new infrastructure builds.
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