Oil
Here’s how much Trump’s Iran war has added to Americans’ fuel costs
CEII brief
Canary Media reported on 30 Oct 2026: Here’s how much Trump’s Iran war has added to Americans’ fuel costs.
Read the full story on Canary MediaSee more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . Donald Trump ran for his second term promising to “make America affordable again.” Two years later, the president’s war with Iran has his constituents paying through the nose for gasoline and diesel.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
68.0% of Iran’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2023Countries in this story
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