Trump Shrugs Off Soaring Gas Prices As 'Peanuts' Amid Iran War

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

May 19, 2026, 08:01 PM EDT | Updated 10 hours ago


Donald Trump did little to dissuade people from the idea that he is out of touch with the concerns of everyday Americans during a Tuesday press conference.

After a reporter asked the president whether he had any plans or initiatives to help stem the high gas prices caused by the current war with Iran, Trump said “there may be” before going off on a tangent about how great things had been before America had to “take a little journey” and “do something with Iran.”

“I had gas down to $1.85 in Iowa. I was in Iowa, and the stations had it at $1.85. But I was down to, in many cases, less than two dollars a gallon,” Trump said. He eventually acknowledged that gas prices have increased since then, but wasn’t exactly contrite. “You want to see the world exploded? You want to see a problem? And this is peanuts.”

“I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while,” Trump continued, promising that “it won’t be much longer ... And frankly, there is so much oil out there. One of the things is these big ships are coming up to Texas, Louisiana and Alaska, and they are loading up.” However, he then admitted that he doesn’t really care about current gas prices. “But I don’t even think about that. What I think about is you cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.

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So yesterday, he tripled down and his cult zombies will say "Okay".

[IronLionZion]

1. Any evidence of "$1.85 in Iowa"?

Complete BS, like everything else he spews

Today's average gas price in Iowa is $4.28

https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=IA

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. When he said it, I went on gasbuddy. Gas was an average of $2.35 a gallon in Iowa.

I'm glad he got it down in Iowa. There are 49 other states, dipshit!

[IronLionZion]

3. It could be years before it comes down again, if ever.

Prices go up like a rocket, down like a feather.

[RVN VET71]

10. A feather in an updraft

Oil companies know what MAGAs don't know and can't know because they are blinded by the brilliance exuded by President Poopy-Pants: oil is a non renewable resource and supplies are shrinking.

That's right, MAGAs, your precious "black gold" is really "fools gold" and when the only oil left has to be scraped from the earth and refined and refined and refined again, it'll cost $20, maybe more, a gallon if it's even available, and we'll all be buying e-cars from China, the only "superpower" left after Poopy-Pants has ruined America -- to the laughter and applause of the dumbest fu**kng population in the world, his followers, the MAGAs, 10s of millions of them.

[Dr. T]

14. A quick search revealed that the world's known oil reserves

will run dry in the next 40 to 50 years. Someone damned well better start thinking about life after oil.

[GiqueCee]

9. At my favorite little gas station...

... the price of regular is $4.59 as of yesterday. It's probably up another 10 or 20 cents today. The chain convenience store pumps are even higher.
There are no words in any human language that adequately describe how much I hate this Demon From Hell. Where's my Klingon dictionary? I need words that sound like someone gagging on a tarantula.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. ...

https://klingon.wiki/Word/QI-yaH (has an audio pronunciation when you click on the little speaker icon)

QI'yaH - quite vulgar, this is one of the strongest, most foul curses

(more from here - https://klingon.wiki/En/Cursing)

[AZLD4Candidate]

20. Agreed. Adjectives and noun fail me in describing "it" in the White House.

[mwmisses4289]

4. Maybe before his vanity war?

I would have to do some deep research, but in my area (not iowa) the last time gas was under two dollars a gallon was a few years ago.

[IronLionZion]

5. Maybe during 2020. Plenty of MAGAts boast about gas prices during the glorious year when nothing bad happened.

[Bengus81]

8. Gas got down to $1.50 in Wichita for a time in 2020. All you need is a global pandemic!

MAGOTS know damn well like the rest of us that it went down ONLY because of the pandemic,not Trump,not anything else he did for the economy.

[MonteSS]

33. Any evidence of "$1.85 in Iowa"?

Gas buddy is showing $2.55 low avg for the past 3 month average retail price.

[link:https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts]

I do know that I have seen E-85 below the $2 range during this time frame, I used it in my truck. You can look at the chart and see e85 at $1.85. https://e85prices.com/iowa.html
If he was referencing e85 it would be very misleading, not all cars/truck can use e85 only, but most newer (+ 2006ish vehicles can use a mix)

[MiHale]

6. And...when was the last time...

He put his bruised and battered tiny little hands on a gas pump handle? Ass probably couldn’t even squeeze the lever to make it flow.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. And, the response?

Other than talking?

[RVN VET71]

11. MAO said soomething about Revolution being at the end of a gun. I sincerely hope not.

But you're right. All we can do is vote -- and even that is being taken away and otherwise tampered with. The only realistic response would be for the military to seize the Capital and imprison the whole Trump Administration -- including the Nazi-salute dude, Musk -- pending trial for treason -- and then execute the biggest fascists and imprison the little traitors. It's my one final wet dream, I know.

But it's only a dream. The Military won't. The Military just won't. Greasy Pete has fired, and will continue to fire, General officers insufficiently loyal to Trump, leaving behind a claque of second and third raters who will do whatever the big boss wants them to do so they can keep them stars on their uniforms. In other words, we is skunked and left hopeless in a nation ruled despotically by greed and hatred.

Jesus, I'm not supposed to be spending my fucking 80s in despair for Democracy and the rule of law. Yes, dammit, I'm talkin' to you, Jesus. If only you existed and, existing, gave a shit about the people whose lives Trump is ruining or cold bloodedly killing. Not just here, in the States, but in the entire world. But I fear, Jesus, you are the shabby looking guy sitting alone at the end of the bar, weeping and crying into his beer.

[2MuchNoise]

12. Qu'ils mangent de la cacahutes!

[CanonRay]

13. Some intrepid reporter should ask him

if he ever filled a gas tank himself in his entire life. Bet not.

[Bayard]

27. Peanuts

Because he doesn't have to pay for gas, including the jet fuel to go golfing every weekend.

[Skittles]

35. I guarantee you Trump would not know HOW to fill up a tank

NOPE

[dalton99a]

15. Yep.

[chouchou]

16. "take a little journey"

We'd like to have him "take a little journey" to Alpha Centauri

[PhilG]

17. I'd Settle For Mars

Donnie and Elon can be the first Martians!

[chouchou]

23. ,,,evn better!

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Venus

Send both there to enjoy the toxic atmosphere from a planet that spins in reverse in comparison to the rest of the planets in our solar system. Venus is the "goddess of love" and they can love it back.

[SamuelAdams]

19. I hope he keeps talking.

He is ensuring a huge loss for his party.

[2na fisherman]

21. His Failed Policies Compared To Nuclear Annihilation

He thinks that if he scares enough voters with the ultimate threat of doomsday that no one will care how corrupt and inept he is.

[Wednesdays]

25. And even if Iran built a nuclear bomb

They have no way to deliver it to the U.S. mainland. Maybe not even to Israel.

[twodogsbarking]

22. Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm to avoid any conflict of interest. Now even peanut prices are high.

[YodaMom2]

24. I got gas the other day and applied a .40/gal discount I'd earned.

AFTER the discount, it was $5.59/gal (I’m in CA). Nearly $60 for 1/2 a tank.

Then I went to the grocery store, where I now seem unable to spend less than $200, no matter how few bags I leave with.

All the while, this bastard is building a monstrosity of a ballroom and a triumphal arch (both of which he’ll slap his stupid name on), painting over our national heritage in Real Estate Huckster swimming pool blue, and covering every WH surface in vulgar, tacky, tasteless gold leaf, all on our dime.

He doesn’t care any more about nukes in Iran than he does any of the above. And he can f*ck all the way off.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Trump does not care if Iran has nukes.

He wants a big pay day from Iran.
Oil, cash, gold, land.
Kissing his ass.

[Justice matters.]

28. Scare-mongering from the war criminal who posted that image:

Stupid terrorist who doesn't know he is a stupid terrorist.

If Iran even had a nuke, they're not stupid enough to launch it anywhere because they know their country would be turned into a smoldering pile of burning radioactive ash in a few minutes after they'd do it.

But not one reporter challenges him with that follow up.

Besides, gas prices will not come down significantly in years because his big oil donors are swimming in cash stolen at the pumps.

[Midnight Writer]

29. I am going to invest in peanuts. Gas has nearly doubled here in 3 months. Maybe peanuts will do the same.

[BaronChocula]

31. The price of peanuts is actually down

Gas prices are up. Someone give this guy another "TV, camera, man, woman" test.

[pfitz59]

32. $6.09 at my corner store.

$6.99 for diesel.

[Karasu]

34. Imagine the reaction if a Democrat had said this. People in this country have the memory span of goldfish, but the

Republicans sure as hell wouldn’t let anyone live that shit down.

[Evolve Dammit]

36. Lyin lunatic