Posted on 03/05/2026 8:51:36 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles is demanding action to bring gas prices down as the war with Iran sends 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 Russian invasion of Ukraine in 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.
The White House is '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.
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Did she throw plates, too?
fake news
LOL. The Daily Mail is the tabloid of all tabloids. The Trump Administration is constantly in a panic. Everyone is constantly screaming at each other and running around in a panic. You’d think it was a lunatic asylum if you believe them.
Daily Fail.
She’s not complaining.
Really, with no Navy?
$2.79 here. Hasn’t budged.
Well, some refineries are closing or have closed already in caliparadise. Guess that won’t help much. Here in Reno we get most of our fuel from “over there” and our prices haven’t dropped under $3.00 for a few years. Currently $4 ish. 😠
>> putting boots on the ground to defend oil infrastructure in Gulf states
Texas and Louisiana are pumping as fast as we can sir!
I don’t think the other Gulf of America states have any oil to speak of.
But you can send the Marines to encircle our pump jacks if you feel the need, sir!
As a matter of fact, I do not see gas prices going through the roof.
“Donald Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles is demanding action “
Anyone else tired of this blithering corrupt idiot acting like SHE was elected and should set policy. Hell, the idiot even gave a speech at Charlie Kirks funeral right in the middle of the elected officials.
She’s a glorified secretary/office manager. She is supposed to manage the President’s staff, NOT set national policy.
Also, this clown was Netanyahu’s campaign manager.
>> LOL. The Daily Mail is the tabloid of all tabloids. The Trump Administration is constantly in a panic.
I’m so proud of myself, I have actually gotten pretty good at keeping my blood pressure under control by recognizing Daily Fail articles from the title alone.
no one with any sense at all believes that susie wiles wields her power by screaming ...
Yes, missiles and mines and behemoth tankers are a thing. No Navy needed....
“””Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz
Really, with no Navy? “””
They have some scary looking kayaks and canoes.
>> Did she throw plates, too?
You have Susie confused with Hillary. PRO TIP: How to keep them straight — Susie is the better looking one.
In fact the Strait is open. Ships were not sailing because Lloyds of London announced they would not insure ships transiting the Strait.
Complete fake news.
The straights are not shut down, prices are fluctuating due to the uncertainty and possibly some minor interruptions, nothing more.
The Daily Fail is creating a fiction, I feel confident nothing of what they wrote happened in the manner they wrote.
More BS from the Trump hating children at The Mail.
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