President Trump stated Monday in the Oval Office that Chevron and Exxon Mobil are earning too much money amid a supply shortage. National average regular gasoline prices reached $4.10 per gallon, up from $3.15 one year earlier, while Chevron reported $12.2 billion quarterly net income and Exxon Mobil reported approximately $14.5 billion. The three ideological perspectives interpret the same profit and price data differently, with a shared blind spot on verification of supply disruption causes.