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President Donald Trump pushed back on his own energy secretary\u2019s gas price prediction on Monday as Americans continue to get pinched at the pump.<\/p>\n
Trump said Energy Secretary Chris Wright is \u201ctotally wrong\u201d after Wright told CNN on Sunday that average gas prices in the United States could stay above $3 into 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s wrong on that. Totally wrong,\u201d Trump told The Hill.<\/p>\n
The president added that gas prices would start dropping \u201cas soon as this ends,\u201d referring to the ongoing conflict with Iran.<\/p>\n
During an interview on Sunday, Wright said he wasn\u2019t sure when exactly gas prices would start coming back down, but predicted, \u201cThat might not happen until next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut prices have likely peaked and they will start going down,\u201d Wright added. \u201cCertainly, with a resolution of this conflict, you will see prices go down. Prices across the board on energy prices will go down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gas prices appeared ready to drop late last week when oil prices tumbled to under $90 per barrel shortly after Trump and Iran announced a ceasefire that would allow ships to traverse the Strait of Hormuz. The agreement to open the strait, however, was short-lived as Iran said on Sunday that it was once again blocking ships in response to Trump keeping the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports in place.<\/p>\n
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard attacked two oil tankers over the weekend, and shipping traffic through the strait came to a standstill once again, CNBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brent crude jumped back up to over $95 per barrel on Monday morning, and average gas prices in the United States remain above $4 per gallon as of Monday afternoon, according to AAA<\/a>. Recent polls<\/a> indicate that many Americans are frustrated<\/a> with the sharp rise in gas prices that followed Trump\u2019s decision to launch \u201cOperation Epic Fury.\u201d<\/p>\n Democrats have attacked the Trump administration over the rise in gas prices, with Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin saying<\/a> on Sunday, \u201cAmericans literally can\u2019t afford the Trump presidency.\u201d At $4.04 per gallon on average, gas prices are at their highest level since June of 2022, when President Joe Biden was in office.<\/p>\n Vice President JD Vance is expected to meet with Iranian officials in Pakistan this week for another round of negotiations as the ceasefire is set to expire at 8:00 p.m. EST Tuesday. Trump said on Monday that he feels \u201cno pressure whatsoever\u201d to secure a deal with Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cTime is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other Presidents let happen because they didn\u2019t have the Courage or Foresight to do what had to be done with respect to Iran,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n