‘No, We Haven’t’: Chris Wright Fires Back When Asked If Trump Admin Let Americans Down At Pump

Energy Secretary Chris Wright rejected the suggestion that the Trump administration has failed Americans on fuel costs during the Iran war, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" two weeks before the midterm elections. Host Dana Bash noted that Wright had said in March, about a week into the conflict, that elevated prices would ease within weeks rather than months. Wright acknowledged he is not comfortable with current levels but said gasoline and diesel have fallen recently and will keep dropping. He blamed Democratic energy policies at the state and federal levels over fifteen years, and asked whether Bash was comfortable with a nuclear-armed Iranian government, according to Daily Caller.

AAA data show regular gasoline averaging about $4. 30 a gallon, compared with about $4. 47 a month ago and $2. 98 just before the war. Diesel stood at about $6. 32, down from about $6. 45 and well above the $3. 76 recorded before fighting began.

Bash also pressed Wright about President Donald Trump's Friday order setting aside Russian sanctions and tariffs mandated by the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.

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