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title: "Trump blasts Exxon, Chevron for making 'too much money,' demands lower gasoline prices"
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# Trump blasts Exxon, Chevron for making 'too much money,' demands lower gasoline prices

By Jarrett Renshaw and Sheila Dang WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused ExxonMobil and Chevron on Monday of making "too much money" off higher fuel prices and said the oil giants should "give some of that back to the public," a notable break from his usual alliance with the industry. "I don't like it," Trump told reporters on Monday, three days after the companies

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