Trump's Iran escalation spiked fuel prices
The White House is blaming refineries and Russia for gas prices. Meanwhile, fuel costs skyrocketed after Trump's military moves in Iran. The quoted deflection doesn't hold up against basic cause and effect.
Someone escalated, prices went up. That's the data.
“What's driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are coming out now on an almost daily basis, but the word, "Refineries," where Russia's are being blown up by Ukraine, and where ours are being closed up, in Blue States…”
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