Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum told Newsmax on Tuesday he is confident that President Donald Trump will bring gasoline prices down.
Burgum appeared on "Finnerty" after Trump signed an executive order designed to bring down the cost of diesel, directing states to expand access to red-dyed diesel, which is widely used in farming, construction, and other industries.
"President Trump is trying to explore every idea that will help get prices down for Americans," Burgum said. "He's pushing the limit to do everything he can to fight for Americans."
"President Trump, he got prices down on fuels in his first term," Burgum added. "He got prices down immediately when he took office this time. And now, he will get them down again after this temporary rise."
Burgum also blamed California policies for shutting down oil refineries, leading to higher gas prices.
"California imports 60% of its oil from foreign countries," Burgum said, adding that "they managed to get themselves dependent on foreign action as opposed to just producing it domestically."
"We're doing all kinds of things to try to get California back in the game," Burgum said. "But with them shutting down refineries, that's affecting the price of gas in Nevada and Arizona as well through the policies they have."
Burgum said Trump knew going to war with Iran could affect gas prices but argued that stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon justified the action.
"If they had a nuclear weapon, they would give it to one of the 24 terror groups that they were funding: the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah," Burgum said. "Or they would say, 'Oh, America, you want oil? Here's what we're going to charge you, or we're going to blow you up.'"
"All of a sudden, they'd have all the leverage in the world," Burgum added. "We're seeing a change that no president was willing to make that's going to have benefit for our children and our children's children."
Credit: Newsmax.com
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