President Donald Trump claimed that Iran essentially shutting down the Strait of Hormuz “doesn’t really affect” the United States the way it does “other countries.” It’s true that a small share of U.S. oil imports comes from the Persian Gulf. But the U.S. has been affected by the global increase in the price of oil.
At the one-year mark of Trump’s second term, we launch our “numbers” series, providing various statistical measures of his presidency thus far.
Days before he ordered, and then paused, new tariffs on U.S. imports from Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump argued that the U.S. does not need imported products such as crude oil and lumber from those countries. Experts told us it’s not that simple.
Our latest quarterly look at various statistical measures during Biden’s presidency.
Statistical measures of the economy, immigration, oil production and more since Biden became president.
Our latest update of what’s happened in the U.S. under Biden’s presidency.
A quarterly update of statistical measures of the president’s time in office.
Here’s how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office two years ago.
Various measures of what has happened in the country since the president’s inauguration.
Social media pages are spreading a false claim that President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline because of a campaign donation from Warren Buffett. Buffett did not donate to Biden’s campaign.