Skyrocketing oil prices from Iran war could become ‘huge issue & liability’ for Trump administration

    As the war against Iran hits the one-week mark, the Trump administration faces mounting questions over skyrocketing gas and oil prices. NBC News correspondents Christine Romans, Monica Alba and Daniele Hamamdjian report on the expanding conflict and its impact on consumers back home.

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    1. Almost $100 per barrel, predicted to hit $300 p/b. But lemme guess, it's the Democrats fault when things go south. But if the current admin gets the victory they seek, Democrats had nothing to do with it! Here's the reality folks….it doesn't f**king matter! We all suffer at the gas pumps, coming home with $100 in groceries in a single shopping bag, barely making ends meet, constant inflation vs. stagnant paycheck, insane child care, school debt, and medical costs….democrat nor republican gets no party favor discount! War is almost at our doorstep, out allies are turning their backs, and we're creating new enemies daily. We need to wake up and realize this 2 party political system isn't doing NOTHING for us except division and getting shafted!

    2. goibg escort tankers, threw the straights to slow an take to long time we hit 5 dollars by next week great midterms house is gone an senate in play now

    3. So when will Americans wake up to the fact that they have an administration completely off the rails.
      1 billion a day spent, how long before the economy goes down the toilet. Only the billionaire set making money out of this.
      And yet to to see terrorism escalate within America.

    4. Trump is going to pull out from the Iran War soon. None of this 100 days nonsense. if the US economy and stocks begin to struggle, then he isn't going to keep going. He will just say he "totally obliterated" the country and leave even Israel to a decision to keep going or give up.

    5. It's going to take a lot more before Trump supporters change their minds. Just look at people. They rarely change their minds. We humans can rationalize and justify ANYTHING.

    6. It's pathetic how they knew there was going to be a massive problem with gas prices rising, but it seems like they are only now trying to come up with a plan. Wouldn't it have made sense to have a plan BEFORE bombing the heck out of Iran? And of course there isn't any plan they can come up with, because the war has already escalated massively and Trump is clueless how to deal with it.

    7. And what does a billionaire care about gas pricing going up a couple dollars per gallon when they have billions? Not to mention that Trump has caused us millions and millions of dollars just on his golfing habit, about a third or more out of each year he's supposed to be working.

    8. "Well, maybe the children will have two d̶o̶l̶l̶s̶ gallons of gas instead of 30 d̶o̶l̶l̶s̶ gallons" –Trump April 30, 2025

    9. I think it is laughable how many people hate President Trump. Unless you make oh…500k + a year..none of these politicians care about you. We are all peasants. Stuck in a social media feedback loop that shows us inflammatory rhetoric to keep us clicking. These news stations LOVE trump becuase you sheep just lap it up. We are fighting across the fence, and theyre BOTH standing on top of it peeing down our backs. Blasphemy.

    10. "We have to focus on the short term…" Proceeds to say, "will be a very good thing … in the long term." Airhead doesn't begin to explain it.

    11. THIS REMINDS ME OF HOW VIETNAM STARTED. JUST A FEW TROOPS AT FIRST. THEN A DRAFT. WONDER HOW FAR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LET THIS THING GO?

    12. This network had little to nothing to say when Biden drove oil prices up $130 a barrel and decimated our oil reserve to make up for his blundering of the American economy that is still an issue to this day. Prices are high today due to the economy not going into a recession.

    13. The maga lovers will say it's fake news. We're all just imagining high gas prices. We haven't realized yet how good we have it under president dumpster and his big beautiful administration.

    14. Delusional with the firings, it has already been shown that fewer and fewer Americans are filing for unemployment. Dont need as many jobs when deportations are going well. Millions of jobs lol. Non GDP revenue government jobs for brainwashed college students created by the Biden administration means nothing for Americas GDP.

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