# North Carolina residents react to Trump saying higher gas prices are worth the cost of war

https://mins.news/en/video/65026

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-18 23:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PVNe326pfo

> North Carolina residents offered mixed reactions Thursday to President Donald Trump’s claim that higher gas prices were a price worth paying for the war in Iran. Trump tested his midterm-election appeal in the state Wednesday while trying to bolster Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley against former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

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