Democrats bashing Trump over the Iran war lean on a callback to Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton, an upstart Democratic governor, beat incumbent President George H.W. Bush with a simple line: ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’ - (Brian Harris/The Independent)

President Donald Trump’s war in Iran looks no closer to ending, all while he declares victory.

But even if somehow the war were to wrap up, Trump is facing a massive crisis when it comes to the price of gas. He largely won a second term in the White House on the promise to lower energy prices, which spiked after the Covid-19 pandemic and the global supply shocks amid the war in Ukraine.