Marjorie Taylor Greene Backs Trump’s Diesel Export Ban, but Top Oil Analyst Says It Would ‘Not Be Good At All’
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has backed the President Donald Trump administration’s plan to cut down on diesel exports, but GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan warns the move could do more harm than good in the long term. Banning Diesel Exports is an America First Move In a post on X on Monday, Greene touted the administration’s plan to ban diesel exports as an “America First” move amid the war with Iran. “All of our home produced gas and diesel should be for Americans and should be cheap!” Greene said. She then slammed oil producers, saying that the domestic oil resources should not be “for oil companies to make huge profits” out of. Banning U.S. diesel exports would actually be America First. All of our home produced gas and diesel should be for Americans and should be cheap! Not for oil companies to make huge profits. — Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) September 21, 2026 De Haan responded to Greene’s post, warning against an export ban. “This would not be good at all for long term investments in refineries,” the analyst said, adding that “refinery expansions” and not “government control who refineries can sell to” would make America strong
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has backed the President Donald Trump administration’s plan to cut down on diesel exports, but GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan warns the move could do more harm than good in the long term. Banning Diesel Exports is an America First Move In a post on X on Monday, Greene touted the administration’s plan to ban diesel exports as an “America First” move amid the war with Iran. ” Greene said. She then slammed oil producers, saying that the domestic oil resources should not be “for oil companies to make huge profits” out of.
S. diesel exports would actually be America First. All of our home produced gas and diesel should be for Americans and should be cheap! Not for oil companies to make huge profits.
— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) September 21, 2026 De Haan responded to Greene’s post, warning against an export ban. “This would not be good at all for long term investments in refineries,” the analyst said, adding that “refinery expansions” and not “government control who refineries can sell to” would make America stronger. ” this would not be good at all for long term investments in refineries. If you want america stronger, support refinery expansions, don’t seek government control over who refineries can sell to.
S. “We need to keep our diesel at home, and the prices need to drop drastically,” she said. She also said that a lot of the “regular working class people” she knew were critical of the high costs. “We have so much oil that we shouldn’t even have to know about the Strait of Hormuz,” she said.
” I do support more refineries. I have supported it for years. If only our elected President and Congress would support that as well. Of either party.
But none of them do, no matter who America elects. Why is that?? 5107/gallon. 67 at press time.
03 at the time of writing this article. 70 during overnight trading on Monday. 51 during the overnight trading session. Read Also: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Touts Major Oil Strike in Russia Despite Trump Warning: ‘Glory to Ukraine’ Check out more of Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link.
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