“Can you imagine if they attacked our cities, and they attacked places where we are, including right here in Alaska? You would see turmoil far greater. We have a lot of oil flowing right now in the almost strait, we control it. The war is going to be over very, very soon. We're going to have a big victory very shortly. Very, very shortly, and oil is going to come way, way down. Gasoline is going to come down to where it was before,”

Donald Trump · said 2026-10-13 · reported 2026-10-14

Trump argued that Americans understand increased gas prices are worth preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and predicted the war would end soon.