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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Maybelyn B. Paden

Is The Iran War Raising Gas Prices? Here's Why Donald Trump Calls The $3.58 Average A 'Glitch'

Is The Iran War Raising Gas Prices? Here's Why Donald Trump Calls The $3.58 Average A ‘Glitch’ (Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Donald Trump has dismissed rising US gasoline costs as a 'little glitch' caused by the Iran war, even as the national average price at the pump hit about $3.58 per gallon on Wednesday, 11 March, according to AAA figures.

The president, speaking to ABC News earlier this week, insisted the surge was temporary and would ease once the conflict with Iran and the wider Middle East crisis stabilise.

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