ByROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published:08:22 EST, 5 March 2026|Updated:10:22 EST, 5 March 2026
Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles is demanding action to bring gas prices down as the war withIransends oil skyrocketing, sources have revealed.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other top officials, including a council led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, 'are getting screamed at to find some good news', industry executives said.
Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, sending prices soaring more than 10 percent in a single week, with Brent crude jumping from $72 to more than $82 a barrel.
The average gas price jumped 11 cents overnight Tuesday, hitting $3.11, the largest single-day spike since the Russianinvasion of Ukrainein 2022, the AAA said.
Energy bosses and Trump officials pitched ideas including a temporary holiday on the gasoline tax or putting boots on the ground to defend oil infrastructure in Gulf states.
TheWhite Houseis 'looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices,' one energy executive told Politico.
Karoline Leavitt dismissed the reporting as 'sensationalist, unverified gossip for clicks. Nobody is panicking.' A White House official told the Daily Mail that Wall Street is not anticipating inflation, with Treasury yields down 50 basis points since Trump took office and core inflation down to its lowest rate in almost five years.
But the pain at the pump lands at a delicate moment for Trump, who faces crucial midterm elections in November.A new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners pollputs his approval rating at its lowest point ever, down four points to 44 percent since Friday.
Source: Drudge Report
