Trump Steps In To Help Oil Industry Facing Its Own Coronavirus Crisis

Written By Jym St Pierre

NPR • March 14, 2020

Oil prices bounced back a bit after President Trump said the Department of Energy would buy crude for the nation's strategic petroleum reserve. "We're going to fill it right to the top," Trump said Friday in a wide-ranging news conference at the White House. He said it will save taxpayers "billions and billions of dollars" while helping an industry that's been reeling.

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