Since he returned to the Oval Office, the benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil price has fallen from $80 a barrel to $60 (see chart 1). Some also speculate that Mr Trump’s noisy demands for a lower price contributed to a recent decision by the OPEC cartel to boost production,

President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of U.S. “energy dominance” is running into a flood of OPEC crude oil — a surge of fuel production pushed by the Saudi leaders greeting him during his Mideast trip this week.

As OPEC plans a major production increase, Trump touts falling fuel costs—but US oil producers warn of job cuts, rig shutdowns, and a reversal of America’s energy boom.