Trump doesn’t control the oil price shock. Declaring the war over won’t be enough

President Donald Trump has a sales pitch for Americans worried about high oil and gas prices: Rising fuel prices are a temporary but necessary sacrifice, and they will fall quickly back to earth once the war with Iran is done.

Trump on Thursday said gas prices will “drop very rapidly when this is over.” US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Friday that relief at the gas pump would come in “weeks, not months.” And White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday called the recent surge in oil and gas prices “temporary.”

“Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved, Americans

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