<p>Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the key to tackling Americans&#8217; economic hardships is focusing on lowering energy bills, doubling down on his promise to cut energy costs by 50% within his first year back in the White House.</p>
<p>Trump was in Flint, Michigan, for a town hall event hosted by Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The GOP nominee&#8217;s campaign event mainly focused on addressing the economy and auto industry.</p>
<p>During the town hall, one woman asked him how he would &#8220;bring down the cost of food and groceries&#8221; as many families struggle to pay their bills.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have to start always with energy,&#8221; Trump replied. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be boring about it, but there&#8217;s no bigger subject that covers everything. If you make donuts, if you make cars, whatever you make, energy is a big deal.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s my ambition to get your energy bill within 12 months down 50%,&#8221; he added. &#8220;If I can do that, we&#8217;ve done a hell of a job &#8230; [and] interest rates are going to follow.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">PRESIDENT TRUMP: &#8220;It&#8217;s my ambition to get your energy bill within 12 months down 50% and interest rates are going to follow.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/2toW4ECs8Q">pic.twitter.com/2toW4ECs8Q</a></p>
<p>— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1836193030283341902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Trump has focused on addressing Americans&#8217; energy costs for much of his 2024 campaign, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-commits-to-slashing-energy-prices-by-half" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> a plan last month to cut energy bills by half if elected. The monthly cost of electricity for Americans&#8217; homes and businesses has been slowly rising since the turn of the century, but it spiked beginning in early 2022 — just one year into the Biden-Harris administration. Residential electricity sits at 16.41 cents per kilowatt hour as of June 2024, compared to 12.62 cents in January 2021, <a href="https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/7?geo=g&amp;agg=0,1&amp;endsec=vg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Energy Information Administration.</p>
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<p>Natural gas also <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/rngwhhdM.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot up</a> to its highest price of the past decade in August of 2022 but has since fallen to near-Trump-era lows. Gasoline prices, however, have <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?f=m&amp;n=pet&amp;s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remained</a> higher under the Biden-Harris administration than they were under Trump, sitting at a national average of $3.50 as of August. The highest national average for gas under Trump was $2.99 in May 2018.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1836191532094828756" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> during his event in Flint that his administration would &#8220;drill, baby, drill&#8221; starting on his first day back in the White House if elected.</p>

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