LETTER: Trump at fault for California’s predicament
By Jerry Sturdivant
Published on May 13, 2026.
The Review-Journal has stated that Donald Trump is responsible for California's oil and gas shortages, largely for himself, by suspending long-established shipping regulations under the Jones Act to enable the state to obtain domestic fuel supplies. The newspaper also suggested that the state should convert its California gasoline pipeline into a crude-oil pipeline and build an oil refinery.
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