#oil-crisis
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"I Don't Think About Americans' Financial Situation. I Don't Think About Anybody."
Asked whether Americans' finances motivate him to make an Iran deal, Trump said: "Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody." He said this as inflation hit a 3-year high of 3.8%, gas reached $4.52/gallon, the war topped $29 billion, and his own party was scrambling to suspend the gas tax before the midterms.
Foreign Policy Failures
"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight": Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran as Deadline Passes
Trump posted: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will." His fifth Strait of Hormuz deadline. The IEA called the crisis worse than 1973, 1979, and 2002 combined.