Trump’s Iran War Lifts Gas to $4.34 a Gallon as Voters Weigh Midterm Cost
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1
Trump’s Iran War Lifts Gas to $4.34 a Gallon as Voters Weigh Midterm Cost
5 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 1
$4.34 a gallon gasoline on Sunday marked a slight pullback, but U.S. pump prices still sit at a four-year high and more than $1 above a year ago after Trump took the country to war with Iran.
The price spike has undercut Trump’s pledge to “make America affordable again” and avoid new wars, even as he says he is negotiating a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil shipping.
Two-thirds of voters still approve of Trump’s handling of the war and about six in 10 back his approach to the cost of living, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.
A fifth of Trump’s 2024 voters say the war is not worth the cost and another third are unsure, leaving pain at the pump a live issue five months before the November midterms.
How did a U.S. policy meant to lower oil prices end up enriching the very adversaries it was fighting?
Beyond gas prices, is the Iran conflict triggering a hidden global food crisis by disrupting fertilizer supplies?
Why did the U.S. go to war when its own intelligence chief said Iran posed no imminent nuclear threat?