Trump blames oil companies as gas prices climb above $4 a gallon
The president is deflecting criticism over rising fuel costs instead of addressing the Iran war's economic fallout.
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How stupid does he think voters are? President Donald Trump is touring the West Coast, selling Republicans' midterm pitch to voters.
As part of this, he's trying to answer for high gas prices—which just hit a national average of $4.09 a gallon—but doing so in the most characteristically Trump way possible: deflecting blame for the war in Iran and focusing instead on how big businesses have erred.
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