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Price Increase At The Gas Pump: Donald Trump Did That – OpEd

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04.03.2026

Back in 2022, media was reporting on people affixing to gas pumps stickers with a photo of then President Joe Biden pointing toward the gas price display on the gas pumps. The text “I DID THAT!” prominently accompanied the photo on the stickers. People putting the stickers on gas pumps sought to emphasize the judgment that Biden was responsible for the gas price increasing. It looks like those stickers could be making a comeback, with the photo of Biden replaced with one of the current president — Donald Trump.

Mark Huffman, in a Wednesday article at Consumer Affairs, reported that there has been a quick and big increase in the price of gas apparently caused by President Donald Trump committing the United States to joining Israel in attacking Iran over the weekend. Wrote Huffman:

AAA reports the national average price for regular gasoline reached about $3.19 per gallon on March 4, up sharply from roughly $3.00 just days earlier.The spike follows escalating military strikes and retaliatory attacks in the Middle East, raising concerns that tanker traffic or oil production could be disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping lane that carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. Oil prices jumped more than 5% after the fighting intensified,........

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