In a decisive move that will be felt from Detroit assembly lines to every family driveway in America, President Donald Trump announced a historic reset of Biden’s federal fuel standards—regulations that had been squeezing automakers and punishing consumers with sky-high prices. And let’s be honest: if anyone was going to step in and stop the madness, it was going to be Trump.
Speaking from the Oval Office, the president said the change would save American families a combined $109 billion, restoring sanity to an industry warped by Biden’s costly and unrealistic mandates.
“Biden’s burdensome regulations helped cause the price of cars to soar more than 425%. In one case, they went up 18% in a single year,” Trump said. “Today, we’re taking one more step to kill the Green New Scam.”
Finally—someone calling it exactly what it is.
Flanked by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, top Republican lawmakers, and auto industry leaders from Ford and Stellantis, the president made it clear: American families deserve affordable cars, not political experiments disguised as environmental policy.
Duffy didn’t hold back either, accusing Biden and Secretary Pete Buttigieg of illegally twisting mileage standards to force an EV mandate. “They jacked up car prices and forced manufacturers to produce vehicles no one wanted,” he said. Now, those days are officially over.
And guess who’s cheering Trump on?
America’s auto CEOs.
Ford CEO Jim Farley praised Trump’s leadership, saying the new standards allow real progress on energy efficiency without stripping customers of choice or affordability. “This is a win for customers and common sense,” Farley said—words rarely heard during the Biden years.
Farley also emphasized that Trump’s decision will let Ford invest more in affordable vehicles made in the U.S. Imagine that—cars people actually want to buy, at prices people can actually afford. Radical stuff, apparently.
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa also backed the move, saying the reset will let Americans choose the cars they want at prices that make sense. Even General Motors expressed support for fuel standards that reflect “market realities” instead of ideology.
Under Biden’s rules, automakers would’ve been forced to hit an average of 50 miles per gallon by 2031, a standard so unrealistic it amounted to a government-engineered shove into electric vehicles—whether consumers wanted them or not.
But Trump’s reset realigns the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program with what Congress intended, not what activists dreamed up. It removes suffocating pressure from manufacturers and restores freedom to American families.
Because at the end of the day, this country works best when people—not bureaucrats—get to choose what they drive.
And with Trump’s reset, that freedom is back on the road again.
