Source: Popular Information
by Rebecca Crosby & Noel Sims
“On Tuesday, Trump said that high gas prices amounted to ‘peanuts.’ But according to The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker at Brown University, the Iran War has caused Americans to spend an additional $43.6 billion on fuel costs so far. For that price, Americans could buy 14.5 billion pounds of peanuts, which is more than twice the amount produced annually in the United States.” (05/21/26)