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Wright Pumps Gas in Texas Ahead of President Trump's Corpus Christi Energy Visit

February 27, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:01:46

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What happened

Fox Business’s Varney & Co. reported on February 27, 2026 that President Trump would visit Corpus Christi, Texas that day for an energy update and to argue that his energy policy is the key to getting prices down, as stated in the segment, according to the Department of Energy. The segment described a White House tactic of cabinet members taking the message directly to Americans on Main Street, as stated there.

Early that morning, Energy Secretary Chris Wright pumped gas for people heading to work in Portland, Texas and asked them how they feel about the economy, as stated in the segment. Wright said the administration’s actions will be hugely positive for the economy but that there is always a lag effect, and that people he spoke with said prices are too high but are starting to feel better, as he stated it. One driver, identified in the segment as a mother of four with two teenage drivers — four gas tanks to fill each week — said things feel on the up side compared with a couple of years ago, though still paycheck to paycheck, as she stated it.

The segment said a tanker behind the president’s speaking position was unloading 1 million barrels of oil from Venezuela, as stated there.

Why it matters

The short segment documents the administration’s stated retail-energy messaging effort — a cabinet secretary at a gas pump ahead of a presidential energy speech — and the Venezuelan barrel figure used as its backdrop, as stated there.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Pumps Gas for Texans on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. - February 27, 2026”, 2026-02-27 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-02-27). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.