6 days ago, Trump stated:
Here is the reality of the issue:
Sorry, US drivers, but don’t expect pump prices to return to prewar levels any time soon, even if the US and Iran agree to a lasting peace deal tomorrow.
As the war with Iran enters its third month, drivers have become
infuriated by rising gas prices –
and inflation – and Donald Trump is facing a historic backlash in
the polls. The president
promised recently that relief will be swift once the war ends. “I see it going down very substantially when this is over, I think very rapidly too, at levels that you’ve never seen,” he said.
Experts say it’s not that simple. As the saying goes, gas prices shoot up like a rocket and come down like a feather.
Should peace be declared, prices could fall on a kneejerk move, but it will take several months – maybe years – for prices to retreat to previous levels of about $3 a gallon nationally because checking potentially damaged energy infrastructure in the Middle East and unsnarling supply chains takes time, say energy experts.
Just in case you doubt that article, here are other links that say the same thing:
Five reasons oil prices won't snap back from Iran war
Trump said they would even go lower than they were before (below $1.83) all of this started:
Is this a bald-faced lie or simply a lack of knowledge (incompetence)?
Trump's promise that we would have affordability this year, has gone out the window
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