# Sky-high gas prices aren’t shaking Trump’s MAGA faithful in oil country as supporters warn of bigger threat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sky-high-gas-prices-arent-shaking-trumps-maga-faithful-in-oil-country-as-supporters-warn-of-bigger-threat/
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:35:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T18:35:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sky-high-gas-prices-arent-shaking-trumps-maga-faithful-oil-country-supporters-warn-bigger-threat
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Texas rally-goers say high petrol prices have not shaken their support for Trump.
- US regular petrol averaged about $4.25 a gallon, up nearly 40% year on year.
- Trump points to Venezuelan oil and higher production as ways to lower costs.

## Summary

Trump supporters at rallies in Lubbock and Corpus Christi, Texas, said rising petrol prices had not weakened their support for him ahead of the midterm elections. Several acknowledged the cost pressures but said they trusted Republicans to improve the economy, while others framed the vote as a choice about the country’s future and what they see as the threat of socialism.

The national average for regular petrol was about $4.25 a gallon on Wednesday, nearly 40% higher than a year earlier, according to AAA. Trump cited higher US oil production and an agreement involving Venezuelan oil as ways to increase supply and bring prices down; he said the first million barrels had arrived and would be refined in Texas. The White House says the wider deal would give the US majority control over about 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan reserves.

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