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With Strikes, Trump Risks High Fuel Prices

The Wall Street Journal

March 03, 2026

President Trump took the stage on Friday against a backdrop of crude storage tanks at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas and touted low fuel prices to a small crowd of supporters.

- BY BENOÎT MORENNE

With Strikes, Trump Risks High Fuel Prices

Pump prices at a gas station in Media, Pa., shown above on Monday, sat just below the Sunday national average of $2.98 a gallon.

This story is from the March 03, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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