Everybody’s Business

Why Gas Prices Will Stay High After the War Is Over

On Everybody’s Business, we explain how the damage done to supply chains by the US-Israel war with Iran means higher prices for longer all across America. 

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At various times during the first two weeks of the US-Israel war with Iran—and even as the conflict intensified, the number of dead climbed toward 2,000 and Iran’s retaliation spread across the Persian Gulf—US President Donald Trump suggested it was already over.