The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should immediately affect the cost of gasoline. This was stated by the President of the United States Donald Trump. In his opinion, now the fuel is too expensive, and the international oil cartel behaves as if everything is in order. "OPEC's monopoly should remember that gasoline prices are rising, and they are doing virtually nothing to help," Trump said formally on his Twitter page.

Particularly dissatisfied with the head of the White House was the fact that a number of OPEC members enjoy US support. In return, nothing is given: "The United States protects some of them for scanty money. But this should be a two-way street. REDUCE THE PRICE IMMEDIATELY! ", Trump yelled literally, writing the whole sentence in capital letters. In 2016 year.

oil producers in the OPEC + format (Algeria, Angola, Venezuela, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Libya, UAE, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Equatorial Guinea, Ecuador and Russia) decided to cut production by 1.8 million barrels per day , to stop the saturation of the market and raise prices for "black gold", which dropped to $ 30 per barrel. The measure proved to be effective - now the barrel costs more than $ 77 per barrel. In this regard, OPEC + members agreed in June to increase the total production by 1 million barrels per day. Trump accused cartel members of manipulating the market.