Diesel is up seventy percent since Donald Trump was elected president.
OverstatedJon Ossoff, at Georgia U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (Atlanta News First)
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Why we checked itA specific percentage increase in diesel prices attributed to a specific time period — verifiable against energy price data.
What we foundDiesel prices have risen approximately 65–76% since Trump's November 2024 election, making '70%' a broadly accurate approximation, but the figure conflates a pre-election baseline with a spike driven largely by the Iran war that began in February 2026.