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Trump news at a glance: president shrugs off highest gas prices in years

Prices for regular, extra and supreme+ fuel at a filling station
Prices at a gas pump in Washington DC on 10 March after the price per barrel of oil has spiked because of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Photograph: Douliery Olivier/ABACA/Shutterstock

Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the economic toll the war in Iran is taking on gas prices across the US, writing on social media that “when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money”.

The president’s comment came as the American Automobile Association reports that the average price for a gallon of gas hit $3.60, a week after the beginning of the US-Israel military operation against Iran prompted the largest price spike since the opening days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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