Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that major oil companies have not lowered retail gasoline prices in step with falling crude costs, calling it “gouging,” and said he directed the Justice Department to investigate. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains only a small fraction of pre-war levels, disrupting roughly one-fifth of global oil shipments. U.S. crude prices are still about 25% higher than at the start of the year, while the national average gasoline price stands at $3.92 a gallon, up 21.7% from a year earlier. The episode underscores how prolonged geopolitical tensions and escalating policy intervention are jointly pressuring energy supply stability.