To make matters arguably worse, Donald Trump doesn't appear to care how much Americans are paying at the pump. During an interview with Reuters, he told a reporter, "I don’t have any concern about it. [Gas prices will] drop very rapidly when this is over, and if they rise, they rise, but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit."
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"If they rise, they rise," said our commander-in-chief.
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Vice President JD Vance kept that same energy when he recently bragged to a Michigan crowd that compared to the US, our allies are "suffering from this, frankly, more than we are."
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Meanwhile, Americans are sharing photos online of the ridiculous gas prices they've run into. One of the most viral instances comes from a station in California.