The White House received a community note on X regarding a post it made regarding gas prices, clarifying that gas prices aren’t as low as it claimed.
The X post on Sunday shared an article on the price of gas ahead of Thanksgiving week, including the caption that travelers are hitting the road “with the LOWEST holiday gas prices since the pandemic.” However, a community note attached to the post said that national average gas prices are higher than they were a year ago, citing information from the American Automobile Association.
Americans are hitting the road this Thanksgiving with the LOWEST holiday gas prices since the pandemic.
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— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 23, 2025
As of Monday morning, the community note is no longer present.
The current national average gas price as of Monday is $3.069, up slightly from the price of $3.056 a year ago. On Nov. 23, 2020, the year the COVID-19 pandemic began, the national average price for gas was $2.10 per gallon.
Patrick De Haan, the head of GasBuddy’s petroleum analysis, reposted the White House’s claim on Monday and said GasBuddy predicts the national average gas price will be $3.02 per gallon on Thanksgiving Day, “the same it was last year.”
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Proposed community notes on the White House’s post include the aforementioned note citing AAA data, as well as data from Lending Tree saying the average U.S. gas price on Nov. 18 was $3.08, “a mere 0.2% increase from last year.”
Another proposed note, pulling from Trading Economics, says that gas prices are lower, as “retail prices are slightly higher than last year due to other factors such as taxes and expenses.” Yet another proposed note says gas is cheaper this year “if you consider inflation.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touted President Donald Trump’s recent peace deals on Thursday, and that oil prices could drop “even more” should “something” happen in Venezuela, Russia, and Ukraine.
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Tensions between the United States and Venezuela have increased as the former strikes boats alleged to be smuggling drugs, and the Trump administration is still working toward finalizing a peace plan between Russia and Ukraine.
The Washington Examiner contacted the White House for comment.