President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed aside concerns about much higher gas prices because of the Iran war, even as a new poll showed that most U.S. voters blame him for the pump price spike.
“Well, they are not very high,” Trump told a reporter at the White House after she asked how much longer Americans would continue to see high gas prices.
Trump said those prices are not as high as what was expected they would be as a result of the war, which he said was aimed at denying Iran the ability to produce a nuclear weapon.
“Gas prices have come down very much in the last three or four days,” Trump said. Gas prices have risen 49% since the beginning of 2026, according to prices tracked by AAA. They dropped by an average of 7 cents a gallon after a two-week ceasefire was announced last week.
A Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters released Wednesday found that 65% of respondents blame Trump either “a lot” or “some” for the recent rise in gas prices.
