{
  "id": 90602,
  "title": "Trump tells oil companies ‘get your prices down now!’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/trump-tells-oil-companies-get-your-prices-down-now",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-03T15:49:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-tells-oil-companies-get-your-prices-down-now"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has urged oil companies to reduce prices for American consumers, attributing their large profits to his administration's \"genius, foresight, strength, and stability.\" The call came in a post to social media, where Trump criticized the industry for expecting to make a fortune and urged companies to \"get your consumer (retail!) Oil Prices DOWN, NOW!\" This demand follows a six percent drop in crude oil prices after Trump announced negotiations with Iran.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}