Donald Trump’s attempt to calm nerves about his war on Iran will likely come at a price to American consumers after it sent global oil prices sharply higher.
“We’re now totally independent of the Middle East, and yet we are there to help,” the president said in a televised speech Wednesday night, marking his first address to the nation since he ordered air strikes on Iran more than a month ago in a war that has already pushed U.S. gas prices up to $4 a gallon.
“We don’t have to be there, we don’t need their oil, we don’t need anything they have, but we’re there to help our allies,” Trump said. He added that his administration was “nearing completion” of its core objectives in the war, and that “the gas prices will rapidly come back down” once it is concluded.
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