Trump says gas prices not very high; Americans disagree

President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed aside concerns about much higher gas prices due to the Iran war, even as a new poll showed most U.S. voters blame him for the increase in pump prices.

“Well, they’re not very high,” Trump told a White House reporter after asking how long Americans would continue to see high gas prices.

Trump said those prices were not as high as expected as a result of the war aimed at preventing Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons.

“Gas prices have dropped a lot in the last three or four days,” Trump said. Gas prices have increased 49% since the beginning of 2026, according to prices tracked by AAA. It fell an average of 7 cents per gallon last week after a two-week ceasefire was declared.

A. Quinnipiac University national survey The survey revealed Wednesday that 65 percent of registered voters blame Trump “a lot” or “somewhat” for the recent increase in gas prices.

The same poll found that only 38 percent of respondents approved of how Trump was handling the economy; This matches the all-time low reached in March and October 2025 for both of his terms in the White House.

The survey of 1,028 self-identified registered voters has a margin of error of 3.8 percent.

Gas prices have increased since the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28.

The average price of regular gasoline at the beginning of 2026 was just over $2.75 per gallon. The average price on Thursday was $4.093 per gallon. AAA.

The average price of diesel fuel, which was just over $3.50 per gallon in January, is now around $5.65 per gallon.

On Thursday, Trump said: “The fact is, if you look, the stock market is up, things are going really well, and the biggest thing we had to do was make sure Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon.”

“Because if they do that, you want to talk about the problems, you’re going to have problems,” he said.