Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday offered a verbal shoulder shrug when “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker confronted him on whether Americans should prepare to pay $5 a gallon for gas, a stark difference from his earlier forecasts.
“Look, again, I can’t predict the price of energy in the short term or even the medium term,” said Wright, who told Welker in mid-March there was a “very good chance” gas prices would drop below $3 a gallon by the summer.
He continued on by remarking on President Donald Trump’s Iran war, “But what we’re doing is ending a 47-year conflict...”
After Welker noted that he wasn’t ruling out the possibility of people paying $5 a gallon at the pump, Wright claimed he was “just avoiding price predictions.”
Gas prices have surged by 50% since Trump launched his unpopular war, with the national average reaching $4.52 a gallon on Sunday, per AAA.
