Democrats are already pointing to prices at the pump in hitting the administration for its decision to strike Iran, while Republicans say they hope the spike will be short-lived.

Democrats are already pointing to prices at the pump in hitting the administration for its decision to strike Iran, while Republicans say they hope the spike will be short-lived.

Barely a week after Donald Trump hailed falling gas prices as one of his economic triumphs, his actions are sending the cost per gallon back up.

The war Trump launched with strikes on Iran has spread across the Middle East, where more than a quarter of the world’s oil is produced.

Gas prices spiked almost immediately, undercutting a key data point in Trump’s argument to skeptical Americans that the economy is soaring.

“Gasoline, which reached a peak of over $6 a gallon in some states under my predecessor — it was, quite honestly, a disaster — is now below $2.30 a gallon in most states, and in some places, $1.99 a gallon,” Trump said in his State of the Union address.