President Donald Trump’s latest update is that his administration expects the war to last about four weeks. There are varying predictions and analyses from around the world about how the conflict could unfold — but if you trust the man who started it to have foreseen a speedy ending, perhaps it’s time to consider some of the short-term issues now being forecasted, chief among them gas prices and energy markets.
Right now, one campaign promise being held up to Trump’s face is how he pledged no more “forever wars,” only to start one roughly 12 months into his term. But there is another promise this new war will reportedly ensure he can’t keep: affordable oil and gasoline prices in the U.S.
