Trump on prices, Iran and Iowa gas

    by Flint: Donald Trump

    President Trump says he walked into the highest prices and worst inflation ever, but oil is dropping fast, now at $75. He pointed to Iowa where gas was $1.95 and $1.85 a gallon, and he expects those days back as soon as the war wraps up. He also called the military action against Iran a crucial move to stop them from getting a nuke, warning the whole world would get blown up otherwise.

    Transcript (en)

    And then, Mr. President, Republicans are arguing a lot right now about affordability. What is your message on affordability going into the midterms? Well, that's a good question, but it's sort of simple to answer. I inherited the highest prices ever. I inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country. And we have done an amazing job. And oil prices now are coming down very rapidly. If you look at what's going on, it's down to 75. When I started the very important excursion into the Islamic Republic of Iran, it was a very important excursion because they can't have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise, the whole world would get blown up. We're not going to let that happen. Not only us, not only the Middle East, the whole world would have been, it would have been catastrophic. We had no choice. We had oil down to less than two, in many places like Iowa. oil was down to gasoline. It was down at numbers that people hadn't seen in years. $1.85, $1.95. I was in Iowa at a stop, and we had $1.95, another one, $1.85 a gallon. And we'll see those days pretty soon again, based on everything I see, as soon as the war ends. And I think it's going to end pretty soon. I don't think they can go much longer. Yeah, please. Hasn't you?