Post #5488

📰Trump’s Iran War Is Now Hitting the Pump at Home Trump started this war selling strength. Now he is getting the bill in gasoline prices. The Jerusalem Post notes the obvious political trap: Trump did not expect Iran to squeeze the Strait of Hormuz, trigger a global oil shock, and force him to beg Europe and others to clean up the mess. They didn’t bite. And once the cost of the war started landing at U.S. pumps, the White House’s instinct was predictable: protect domestic prices first and let everyone else absorb the spillover. That is where Israel gets nervous. The U.S. is one of Israel’s key suppliers of refined petroleum products, so any White House effort to cap American fuel prices could mean tighter exports or less room to prioritize allied demand. In a war built on political theater and market shock, Israel can discover that the “special relationship” has a very practical ceiling: when U.S. voters get angry about gas, allies become optional. The wider problem is that Trump keeps treating a regional war like a domestic pricing problem he can manage with pressure, tweets, and selective shortages. But once oil and gasoline climb, the economic pain spreads faster than the slogans, and the president’s first loyalty is exactly what it has always been — not strategy, not alliance discipline, but his own political survival. #trump#iran#gas#oil#israel#usa#economy#warEconomy 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸