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America’s oil shock: Letters to the Editor — March 12, 2026

The Issue: Spiking oil and gasoline prices in the wake of Operation Epic Fury.

Finding solutions to calm the “oil shock” is the least of President Trump’s problems, and he’s only kidding himself by claiming paying high oil prices is a worthy sacrifice in exchange for world peace (“Leading Amid an Oil Shock,” Editorial, March 10).

Since Trump is fighting a losing battle, he would do himself a favor by cutting his losses now, declaring “mission accomplished” and walking away now before the war escalates further, and go back to the negotiating table.

Trump should be doing everything he can to bring gas and oil prices down to pre-war levels.

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The more the economy slips, the more seats in Congress will be lost in November.

So everyone’s got their panties in a bunch because the price for oil and gas has risen significantly to almost Biden-era prices.

And our president is calmly saying it’s temporary and “a small price to pay” to put terrorist-sponsoring Iran out of business.

To everyone crying about high energy prices, just relax because the man who authored “The Art of the Deal” is in total command of the situation.

Like heavyweight boxers trading blows in the ring, at some point one of them will land two punches that knock out his opponent.

The same may be true when it comes to America’s war with Iran.

The first punch is the rising price of oil, which at one point rose to over $100 a barrel.

The second punch is the war’s impact on the stock market, which I’m sure Trump watches daily (sometimes hourly).

He can’t take these punches forever.

Which one is going to knock him out?

Americans should not be forced to absorb sudden price spikes that are driven more by global conflict than by the true cost of producing fuel.

The federal government has tools to address extraordinary market disruptions.

A temporary freeze returning gas prices to pre-war levels would protect consumers and small businesses from crisis-driven price increases while global markets stabilize.

The Issue: The son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei officially becoming the next leader of Iran.

We all have heard the saying “I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid.”

Well, by installing Ali Khamenei’s son as the new ayatollah, Iran’s leaders have shown that they may be crazy, but that pales in comparison to their epic stupidity (“Iran watches the son rise,” March 9) .

Kim Jong-il designated his son, Kim Jong-un, as his successor in 2010.

Now the same thing happening in Iran, so why are Republicans and Trump taking victory laps?

The new leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, will be just as bad as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — and neither one of them was elected by the people.

The recent selection of Mojtaba Khamenei to be Iran’s next leader means one thing: Iran’s current Islamic regime might be willing to fight to the last bullet to remain in power.

Such a mindset should serve as a sobering reminder of just the sort of people we are dealing with.

Being “buddies” with regimes like China, Russia, North Korea and Cuba also demonstrates Iran’s character.

I think we’ve been relatively restrained as they still have “legs to stand on.”

It may be time to hit hard, leaving nobody in their regime for us to negotiate with.

Messages go in both directions.

Santa Clarita, Calif.

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