Soaring gas prices have hit Americans hard, but President Donald Trump says they will be back down “very soon.”
One of the effects of the conflict with Iran felt by everyday citizens trying to go about their daily routines is the spike in gas prices. Many places are paying $4/gal. or more, and it’s weighing heavily on the wallets of those who were already struggling to make ends meet. But Trump believes that the prices will drop shortly as he winds down military involvement in Iran.
Watch:
Reporter: What’s the plan to bring gas prices down?
Trump: All I have to do is leave Iran and we’ll be doing that very soon. pic.twitter.com/XG0uXvm2wH
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 31, 2026
“What is the plan to bring [gas prices] back down?” a reporter asked Trump as he took questions in the Oval Office.
“All I have to do is leave Iran, and we’ll be doing that very soon. And they’ll come tumbling down. And stock prices were up today, almost to a record, because they- No, two things. Number one, we have a safe country. We had to take a little detour because we had a madman named [Ali] Khamenei, who, sadly, is no longer with us. And we had regime change already. We’ve knocked out one regime, then we knocked out the second regime. Now we have a group of people that’s very different. They’re much more reasonable, I think much more, much less radicalized,” the president responded.
“We’ve had regime change. We’re dealing with people that are much more rational. And it’s very, it’s amazing what we’ve done. We had to make a little detour. So when the stock market broke all records just a few weeks ago, when it hit 50,000 on the Dow, 7,000 and the S&P, I said to the American people, it’s time that we have to make a little detour, because we have a madman that wants a nuclear weapon, and if we did not knock him out B-52 bomber, we would have a nuclear weapons right now. It would have been used before this, before today. And you may not be standing there asking that question, okay?” he added.
X users had mixed reactions:
These reporters are trash we paid five dollars a gallon under Biden. I’m willing to pay six dollars a gallon to get rid of this evil regime.
— Mike (@MikeSeekTruth) March 31, 2026
Priorities: No nuclear threats > temporary gas prices. Safety first, America!.
— 🤗Mr.Neevarp (@Neevarp77) April 1, 2026
I’m paying $7.09 for Diesel at a chevron in Seattle, Wa
Diesel hasn’t been below 5.00 since before Covid
— BezNOs (@BezNos_Assemble) March 31, 2026
I don’t think Americans feel safer now that the US is in Iran, has been bombing them and is potentially preparing for a ground force. Why would that make anyone feel safer? It’s the complete opposite.
— Mr. Barge (@Mogis_GOS) March 31, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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