[Trump Says U.S. Will 'Slightly' Reduce Strategic Petroleum Reserve] Golden Finance reports that on March 11 local time, a reporter from the main station learned that U.S. President Trump stated he would utilize the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease the soaring oil prices caused by the Iran war. During an interview while visiting the Cincinnati area, Trump said: 'We will do this and then refill it. For now, we will slightly reduce it, so we can lower oil prices.' (CCTV News)