进入第十天美国与伊朗的战争随着石油和天然气价格飙升，美国人开始感受到经济衰退的影响。
根据美国汽车协会的数据，周一，汽油价格飙升至全国平均3.47美元，比上周上涨近50美分。此外，自俄罗斯2022年入侵乌克兰以来，油价周一首次超过每桶100美元，随后在当天晚些时候下跌。
唐纳德·特朗普总统驳回了更高的成本，告诉ABC新闻首席白宫记者玛丽·布鲁斯这是“一个小故障”。
“我觉得很好。这是个小故障。我们不得不走这条弯路，”特朗普告诉美国广播公司的布鲁斯在继续宣扬美国对德黑兰的军事行动之前，他在周日接受了采访。
在周日晚上的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普辩称:“短期油价在伊朗核威胁的破坏结束后将迅速下跌，对于美国和世界的安全与和平来说，这是一个非常小的代价。”
然而，生活成本仍然是2026年中期选举前的最大问题之一，特朗普和共和党人正在寻求保持国会中的微弱多数。
美国全国广播公司(NBC News)周日公布的一项民意调查发现，特朗普在处理通货膨胀和生活成本的民意调查中得分最低，36%的注册选民赞成，62%的人不赞成。
在伊朗问题上，NBC的民意调查发现，大多数注册选民(54%)不赞成特朗普对此事的处理。
特朗普在2024年的竞选活动中发誓要将汽油价格降至每加仑2美元以下。在第二个任期的第一年，特朗普经常指出加油站的价格下降，包括在上个月的国情咨文中。
特朗普在2月24日的演讲中说，“在我的前任执政期间，汽油在一些州达到了每加仑6美元以上的峰值，老实说，这是一场灾难，现在大多数州的汽油价格低于每加仑2.30美元，有些地方为每加仑1.99美元。”
现在，油价逼近每加仑3.50美元，预计中东冲突持续的时间越长，油价将继续上涨。
GasBuddy的石油分析师帕特里克·德哈恩说，告诉ABC新闻直播美国人正在经历“价格休克”
德哈恩说:“随着石油市场的上涨，加油站今天再次看到他们的成本实时上涨，这将是本周内的又一轮价格上涨，只要没有变化，未来三天汽油价格可能会再上涨15至35美分一加仑。”。“柴油价格将会更糟，每加仑可能上涨35至50美分，这将使其接近每加仑5美元的全国平均水平。”
一些民主党人抓住价格上涨的机会，批评特朗普和政府对战争的处理。
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)呼吁特朗普总统动用战略石油储备(SPR)，以减轻美国人的财政负担。
舒默周日在一份声明中说:“美国家庭正在承受更高的价格，因为特朗普不计后果的战争的影响成为汽油泵和其他地方的痛苦，因为高油价使一切都变得更昂贵。”。“他们不能坐等价格下跌。总统在国内就有解决方案，他应该使用它。”
“特朗普承诺美国将迎来一个黄金时代。同时。共和党人正在搞垮经济，汽油价格失控，极端分子花费数十亿美元在中东投掷炸弹。你应该得到更好的，”众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯，也是纽约民主党人，周一在X上写道。
特朗普周末被问及他是否会利用特别提款权带来一些缓解，但他拒绝回答，而是批评前总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)使用储备。由于俄罗斯对乌克兰的战争导致价格上涨，拜登在2022年期间多次从战略石油储备中释放石油。
“我把它装满了，他把它降到了有史以来的最低水平。我们将在适当的时候开始，这基本上是一种本能，我们将开始填充，”特朗普周六在空军一号上对记者说。
“拜登利用它们，以便在选举中获得一些额外的选票，”特朗普补充道。
分析员之前告诉ABC新闻对于政府来说，战略石油储备是一种“宝贵的资源”,可以减轻美国人的痛苦，缓解市场的恐惧，但从长远来看，可能不足以弥补目前每天被阻止通过霍尔木兹海峡的2000万桶石油。
王牌在周日晚上的一次采访中，他告诉福克斯新闻频道的布莱恩·基尔米德，停泊在霍尔木兹海峡的船只需要“展示一些”胆量”然后推进通道。
在不断扩大的冲突中，几家战争险保险公司已经取消了对船只的保险。特朗普表示，美国政府将提供一些风险保险和担保，如有必要，美国海军将护送油轮通过海峡。
像特朗普一样，一些共和党人认为油价上涨将是暂时的。
共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪(John Kennedy)周日在福克斯新闻频道表示，“一旦我们离开伊朗，一旦我们完成将伊朗变成鱼食，价格就会回落，这很快就会实现。”。
伊朗战争会持续多久仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。特朗普总统最初估计美国需要四到五周时间，但他后来表示，无论如何都不会改变时间表。
周日，特朗普告诉美国广播公司的布鲁斯:“我不知道。我从不预测。我能说的是，我们在杀伤力和时间上都领先于计划。”
GasBuddy的德哈恩告诉美国广播公司新闻直播，冲突持续的时间越长，石油和天然气价格需要更多的时间才能回到以前的水平
德哈恩说:“这种情况每持续一天，恢复时间就可能增加几周。”。
Trump dismisses soaring gas prices as 'a little glitch' of Iran war, but potential political costs loom
Ten days into theU.S. war with Iran, Americans are starting to feel the economic fallout as oil and gas prices soar.
Gas prices skyrocketed to a national average of $3.47 on Monday, up nearly 50 cents from last week, according to data from AAA. Plus, oil prices on Monday surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 before falling lower later in the day.
President Donald Trump has dismissed the higher cost, telling ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce it's "a little glitch."
"I think it's fine. It's a little glitch. We had to take this detour," Trumptold ABC's Brucein an interview on Sunday before going on to tout the U.S. military campaign against Tehran.
In a social media post on Sunday night, Trump argued: "Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace."
Yet the cost of living remains one of the biggest issues heading into the 2026 midterms, where Trump and Republicans are seeking to maintain narrow majorities in Congress.
A poll released by NBC News on Sunday found Trump received his lowest ratings in the poll on his handling of inflation and the cost of living as 36% of registered voters approve and 62% disapprove.
On Iran, the NBC poll found a majority of registered voters (54%) disapproved of Trump's handling of the matter.
Trump, on the 2024 campaign trail, vowed to bring gas down below $2 a gallon. During the first year of his second term, Trump routinely pointed to the drop in prices at the pump, including in his State of the Union address last month.
"Gasoline, which reached a peak of over $6 a gallon in some states under my predecessor and was, quite honestly, a disaster, is now below $2.30 a gallon in most states, and in some places $1.99 a gallon," Trump said in his speech on Feb. 24.
Now, gas prices are closing in on $3.50 a gallon and are expected to continue to keep rising the longer the Middle East conflict lasts.
Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst at GasBuddy,told ABC News Livethat Americans are currently experiencing "sticker shock."
"Gas stations are seeing their costs go up in real time again today, as oil markets are jumping, and that's going to be in another round of price increases over the course of this week, prices could jump another 15 to 35 cents a gallon for gasoline over the next three days, as long as nothing changes," De Haan said. "And it's going to be worse for the price of diesel, which could jump 35 to 50 cents a gallon, that would put it close to nearly a $5 a gallon national average."
Some Democrats are seizing on the price jump to criticize Trump and the administration for the handling of the war.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, has called for President Trump to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to alleviate the financial burden for Americans.
"American families are suffering from higher prices as the effects of Trump's reckless war become pain at the gas pump and beyond as high gas prices trickle down making everything more expensive," Schumer said in a statement on Sunday. "They cannot afford to simply wait and hope prices come down. The President has a solution right here at home, and he should use it."
"Trump promised a Golden Age in America. Meanwhile. Republicans are crashing the economy, gas prices are out of control and the extremists are spending billions dropping bombs in the Middle East. You deserve better," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, also a New York Democrat, wrote on X on Monday.
Trump was asked over the weekend if he would use the SPR to bring some relief, but declined to say, instead criticizing former President Joe Biden's use of the reserve. Biden released oil from the SPR several times over the course of 2022 as prices increased due to Russia's war on Ukraine.
"I filled it up and he brought it down to the lowest level it's ever been. We will start at the appropriate time, which is basically a gut instinct, we will start filling up," Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Saturday.
"Biden used them so that he could get some extra votes in the election," Trump added.
Analystspreviously told ABC Newsthat the SPR is a "valuable resource" for the administration to bring some relief to Americans and assuage market fears, but likely wouldn't be enough oil in the long term to make up for the 20 million barrels of oil currently being prevented from passing through the Strait of Hormuz every day.
Trumptold Fox News's Brian Kilmeade in an interview on Sunday night that ships holding at the Strait of Hormuz need to "show someguts" and push through the channel.
Several war-risk insurers have canceled their coverage for vessels amid the widening conflict. Trump said the U.S. government was going to provide some risk insurance and guarantees, and if necessary the U.S. Navy would escort tankers through the strait.
Like Trump, several Republicans are contending that higher gas prices will be temporary.
"The prices will come back down as soon as we get out of Iran, as soon as we finish turning them into fish food, which will be pretty soon," Republican Sen. John Kennedy said on Fox News on Sunday.
How long the Iran war will last remains an open question. President Trump initially estimated four to five weeks for the U.S., though he later said the timeline would be whatever it takes.
On Sunday, Trump told ABC's Bruce:"I don't know. I never predict. All I can say is we are ahead of schedule both in terms of lethality and in terms of time."
GasBuddy's De Haan told ABC News Live that the longer the conflict lasts, the more time it will take to see oil and gas prices to get back to their previous levels
"Every day the situation continues, it could add another several weeks to the recovery time," De Haan said.
