Trump urges Americans to accept higher oil prices

Trump urges Americans to accept higher oil prices US President Donald Trump has urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The comments underscore the growing political risk for Trump as higher fuel prices collide with his campaign promise to lower energy costs, with Democrats already seeking to make the economic fallout from the Iran war an issue heading into the November midterm elections. In a speech in Garden City, Trump said Americans who had to "pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline" should remember that this was the cost of ensuring "a very evil country" could not have a nuclear weapon.