{"id":68822,"date":"2026-03-12T12:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/we-make-a-lot-of-money-trump-downplays-rise-in-gas-prices-during-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:59:34","slug":"we-make-a-lot-of-money-trump-downplays-rise-in-gas-prices-during-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/we-make-a-lot-of-money-trump-downplays-rise-in-gas-prices-during-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We make a lot of money\u2019: Trump downplays rise in gas prices during Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US president says higher oil prices benefit the country as Iran war pushes petrol costs above $100 per barrel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Thursday shrugged off the economic toll the war in Iran is taking on gas prices across the United States, writing on social media that \u201cwhen oil prices go up, we make a lot of money\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s 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\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/12\/trump-gas-prices-iran-war\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US president says higher oil prices benefit the country as Iran war pushes petrol costs above $100 per barrel Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the economic toll the war in Iran is taking on gas prices across the &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018We make a lot of money\u2019: Trump downplays rise in gas prices during Iran war\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/we-make-a-lot-of-money-trump-downplays-rise-in-gas-prices-during-iran-war\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018We make a lot of money\u2019: Trump downplays rise in gas prices during Iran war\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}