The war always comes home, and the effects of Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran are already being felt by Americans in the form of skyrocketing gas prices, which could lead to inflation and pile more economic pressure on everyday Americans. While the nation is quite literally paying the price for the president’s war, he would like everyone to please stop complaining.

“Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon. “ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!”

A few days earlier, Trump dismissed the idea that prices were getting steep in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash. “I asked about rising gas prices, and he said, ‘That’s all right. It will be short term. It will go way down really quickly,’” Bash recounted. When she told Trump prices were high now, she says he replied: “No, they’re not. They’re up a little bit, not much, but it will drop to record lows.”

Prices are indeed up a lot. On Monday morning, global oil prices spiked to more than $110 a barrel — the largest surge since the Covid-19 pandemic. Nationally, the price of a gallon of gas is up to an average of $3.48 — a hefty upswing from the $1.99 Trump touted, dubiously, during his State of the Union address just a few weeks ago. The spike in gas prices — caused primarily by the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — is threatening to spill over into virtually every industry as increased transportation costs may result in higher prices for consumer goods, and a resurgence of inflation.

Record lows, eh? Like 19 cents a gallon?