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Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney

How gas prices became a lightning rod for voter anger ahead of the US midterms

On every major road across America, in cities and towns, on highways to the mountains, the parks and the beaches, there are gas stations – 196,000 stations and retail outlets.

And since February 28, those gas stations have been sending a message to the 242 million Americans with registered driver licenses that the cost of filling up their tanks has exploded, and it’s thanks to President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran over its nuclear program and sponsorship of terrorism worldwide.

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