⛽ International oil prices have already fallen to around $68 per barrel, but when you go to the gas station you find—prices have hardly moved at all. That’s the most “insane” part.
This time, Trump has broken the oil price issue into three ledgers—each layer more sensitive than the last.👇
First layer: International crude oil prices. Crude is down to around $68 and still shows a weakening trend.
By logic, if costs fall, retail prices should drop too—but reality is not like that.
Second layer: The midstream retail link.
Trump directly called out retailers, saying they “have no reason not to cut prices,” and even suggested a target price of about $2.5 per gallon.
The signal he released is very direct: if they deliberately don’t lower prices, it may not just be a market problem, but a “regulatory problem.”
In other words, the profit margins in the middle layer are now being openly scrutinized.
Third layer: Local tax structure (especially in California).
Trump directly pointed the finger at local tax burdens, saying some areas’ gasoline taxes are already too high—so high they’re nearing the point of being “more expensive than the oil itself.”
The core contradiction becomes this: you think you’re paying for the gasoline price, but in fact you’re paying for “taxes + structural costs.”
📌 Put the three layers together:
Crude oil drops ≠ you will definitely get cheaper gas, because there are two more “water-pumping structures” in the middle.
1) Retail profits
2) Local taxation
At its core, the problem isn’t a single price—it’s a “profit-sharing and accounting system.”
Do you think the main reason gas prices aren’t falling is because retailers’ profits are too high, or because taxes are too heavy, or because of supply-chain structure?
Click the avatar to follow me—I’ll break down the real economic logic behind these “seemingly simple, but actually layer-by-layer accounted” mechanisms.🔥#原油
This time, Trump has broken the oil price issue into three ledgers—each layer more sensitive than the last.👇
First layer: International crude oil prices. Crude is down to around $68 and still shows a weakening trend.
By logic, if costs fall, retail prices should drop too—but reality is not like that.
Second layer: The midstream retail link.
Trump directly called out retailers, saying they “have no reason not to cut prices,” and even suggested a target price of about $2.5 per gallon.
The signal he released is very direct: if they deliberately don’t lower prices, it may not just be a market problem, but a “regulatory problem.”
In other words, the profit margins in the middle layer are now being openly scrutinized.
Third layer: Local tax structure (especially in California).
Trump directly pointed the finger at local tax burdens, saying some areas’ gasoline taxes are already too high—so high they’re nearing the point of being “more expensive than the oil itself.”
The core contradiction becomes this: you think you’re paying for the gasoline price, but in fact you’re paying for “taxes + structural costs.”
📌 Put the three layers together:
Crude oil drops ≠ you will definitely get cheaper gas, because there are two more “water-pumping structures” in the middle.
1) Retail profits
2) Local taxation
At its core, the problem isn’t a single price—it’s a “profit-sharing and accounting system.”
Do you think the main reason gas prices aren’t falling is because retailers’ profits are too high, or because taxes are too heavy, or because of supply-chain structure?
Click the avatar to follow me—I’ll break down the real economic logic behind these “seemingly simple, but actually layer-by-layer accounted” mechanisms.🔥#原油