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As gas prices climb amid the conflict with Iran, some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters say they’re willing to pay more at the pump if it means keeping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon — even with the midterm elections just two weeks away.
“If you’re really a good American, you’ll be thinking not for yourself or how much you’re spending for gas.But what life is going to be like for your children, your grandchildren and great-grandchildren,�
“What will they grow up to?You have to keep those people in the political regime in Iran without a nuclear weapon.If we don’t do something now, isn’t that worth payinganother dollar a gallon?”
�s Tuesday rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport about rising gas prices, the upcoming midterm elections and theongoing war with Iran, which has sent oil prices surging and added to Americans’ affordability concerns.
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“Things haven’t changed much since Sleepy Joe,�“At least prices.… But [Trump is] doing the best he can with what he has.Because, you know, he’s not Congress.He can only pass so much.”
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TRUMP VOTERS SAY COSTS ARE CRUSHING THEIR WALLETS — BUT LOOK PAST PRESIDENT FOR BLAME
President Donald Trump arrives on stage to deliver remarks on the economy at the Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Friday, December 19, 2025.(Daniel Torok/Official White House Photo)
“We believed in what he [Trump] was saying and what he stood for,�“And you hear people today saying, ‘Y’all wanted to get politicians out of Washington.’ … We got a businessman in.[He] never claimed to be a politician.He’s a businessman.
“Even with the gas prices up for what he’s done in Iran,” he added.“To me [that] is worth the high gas prices.I’ll take that any day to stop a country like Iran and take that nuclear power away.That’s a no-brainer, you know.Now, will the gas prices come down?Absolutely.They will come down because of what he’s done.”
IRAN ‘MISCALCULATING’ BY BETTING ON MIDTERMS AFTER 3-HOUR TALKS, TRUMP OFFICIALS WARN
U.S.President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an election rally at Pitt-Greenville Airport on October 20, 2026 in Greenville, North Carolina.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“It would take an act of God to lower prices before this election is over,” he said.“But I highly stress to everybody to vote Republican like you are voting like it’s the most important election in your lifetime.Because in many instances, it actually is.”
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Trump hasmaintainedthat the ongoing war with Iran is a “small price to pay” to keep the nation safe.
The president has been crisscrossing the country in the final weeks before the Nov.3 midterm elections, rallying his supporters in an effort to boost Republican candidates and help the GOP retain control of Congress.His North Carolina stop was aimed in part at bolstering Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who is facing former Democratic Gov.Roy Cooper.
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