Trump warns gas prices could rise again: ‘We may have to send it up’
We may have to — you know what happens when we send it up,” Trump later added, referring to prices reacting to warfare. But when the oil and gasoline go down, everything else goes down.”Oil and gas prices have fluctuated as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, with markets reacting strongly to U.S. strikes on Iran and Tehran’s actions in the strait. On Wednesday, AAA reported the average price of gas was $4.08 per gallon.The Trump administration has been under pressure to answer for the war’s effect on prices for Americans.
- ▪We may have to — you know what happens when we send it up,” Trump later added, referring to prices reacting to warfare.
- ▪But when the oil and gasoline go down, everything else goes down.”Oil and gas prices have fluctuated as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, with markets reacting strongly to U.S. strikes on Iran and Tehran’s actions in the strait.
- ▪On Wednesday, AAA reported the average price of gas was $4.08 per gallon.The Trump administration has been under pressure to answer for the war’s effect on prices for Americans.
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President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that gasoline prices could climb again as the conflict with Iran continues, saying lower prices would return once the war is over.Speaking in Las Vegas, Trump touted his administration’s economic success, but acknowledged how the war with Iran, which led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has affected gas and oil prices for Americans. Recommended Stories Trump warns gas prices could rise again: ‘We may have to send it up’ Trump says Abdul el Sayed is ‘full of s***’ US revokes Brazilian ambassador’s visa in diplomatic tit-for-tat “As soon as the situation with Iran ends, oil is going to go down, and we will have completed something in such a short amount of time, that is a miracle,” Trump said.Advertisement “When oil goes down, and it’s going…
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