Trump’s Decision to Leave the Iran Deal is Making Gas Prices Rise
The $.40 per gallon jump in gas prices over the past three months can be credited to one person, according to U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ).
“Thanks Trump!” Pallone says.
Senior energy analyst: “A lot of the reason for higher prices is the president’s policy on Iran…You’re going to see prices spike.”
The ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce committee traces a line that leads not straight, but up — as in the price of gas — to Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of a plan to help monitor Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The so-called “Iran deal” also eased previous sanctions in order to encourage Iran to be a world partner.
Pallone is not the only one to make the connection.
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