Donald Trump

Y'all kind of know that, right?

Gas prices have now climbed to more than $4 a gallon just this week.

Now, at the start of this war, Trump claimed that paying more at the pump was worth it.

He assured us it was only a short-term spike, and he even said that once the war was over, the price of gas would actually be lower than before.

It's going to come down.

We're not leaving until that job is finished.

Well, apparently we are.

Because last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump has told his top aides he's willing to end the war without reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

That's according to multiple administration officials.

So what would that mean?

Well, it would mean leaving Iran in charge of the Strait, which may keep gas prices higher for the foreseeable future.

Not only that, but Trump is now disavowing responsibility for getting us into this mess in the first place.

He says it's up to our allies to reopen the Strait without any help from the United States.

He told America's closest ally, the United Kingdom, to, quote, build up some delayed courage, go straight to the go to the Strait and just take it.

OK.

Then later in the day, Secretary of Defense Hegseth echoed that same sentiment.

And after that, Trump decided it wasn't enough to lay this all at the feet of our closest ally.

He decided to rope in our oldest ally as well.

That will be for France.

So now it's up to our allies to fend for themselves and open the Strait of Hormuz, even though it was Trump's war.