# Watch: Do Republicans blame Trump for high oil prices?

https://mins.news/en/item/52413

- BBC News, 2026-09-10 01:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cevw2rzlr8vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> At the Republican Party’s first midterm convention in Texas, voters were asked how rising oil prices might affect the election. Donald Trump said the Iran war would end “immediately” after the US midterm elections and blamed the conflict for higher oil prices, which reached $100 a barrel after attacks on tankers and Saudi oil facilities.

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