Trump spins the surging oil prices as a win for the US as prices jumped back above $100 a barrel before dropping to $98 a barrel

“I don’t know how anybody can be surprised. When you have a major conflict in the Middle East, prices always go up,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said.

Last week, oil surged past the $100-a-barrel milestone, after recording its largest one-week spike since March 1983