Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday for prolonging the Iran war as gas prices continue surging across fuel pumps in America.
Reckless Iran War
In a post on the social media platform X, the California Governor’s official Press Handle criticized Trump’s handling of the Iran war, calling Energy Secretary Chris Wright a “shill” for oil companies, as well as slamming Trump’s comments that the gas price surge was a “small price to pay.”
The post also criticized Wright’s comments that the Sable Offshore Corp. (NYSE:SOC) pipeline off the Santa Barbara coast in California would provide relief at the pumps. “21 days ago the Trump administration admitted that gas prices will continue to rise unless there’s a solution to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,” the post said.
The Press Office then shared that the U.S.-led blockade of the Strait of Hormuz had further increased prices. “Today, gas prices are at the highest level nationwide since Trump’s reckless war began,” it shared, adding that there was “no end in sight” for the situation and that Trump’s “lies and market manipulation” were making things worse.
Billion Dollars In Taxpayer Money
On the same day, Newsom delivered sharp criticism of Trump via a post on X for paying off clean energy companies to stop work in California. “The Trump Administration AGAIN just gave companies almost A BILLION DOLLARS in taxpayer money to abandon clean energy projects and line Big Oil’s pockets,” Newsom shared.
He added that Trump was forcing ordinary Americans to pay more for energy and was “sabotaging” the country’s future by putting a halt to clean energy projects.
UAE’s OPEC Exit
As tensions continue in the Middle East, the oil market has been volatile since the war in Iran began. Amid the war, the UAE announced its exit from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+, a consortium of oil-producing nations like Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and more.
Investor Ross Gerber of Gerber Kawasaki hailed the move, sharing that the exit could lead to the world being less dependent on oil as an energy source.
Meanwhile, gas prices continued to hover over the $4 mark in the U.S., with data from the American Automobile Association (AAA) showing that the national average gas price on Tuesday was $4.176/gallon, with Californians paying nearly $6 per gallon at $5.965.
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