Trump supporters confronted with painful gas prices deliver striking response: ‘I'll take that any day’

Voters at a President Donald Trump rally in North Carolina say they will tolerate more expensive fuel if the price buys a halt to Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon, even though the midterm elections are only two weeks away. The war with Iran has pushed oil prices up and deepened worries about affordability, according to Fox News Digital, which interviewed several attendees after Tuesday's event at Pitt-Greenville Airport.

One unnamed voter argued that good citizens should think about future generations rather than their own spending at the pump, and asked whether another dollar a gallon was a fair price for keeping Iran's leadership from getting such a weapon. Another attendee, identified as Shauna, said prices have stayed about where they were under former President Joe Biden. She still thought Trump was doing what he could, noting that Congress, not the president, passes legislation.

A third voter, Michael, said he and others backed Trump because they wanted an outsider in Washington, and he pointed out that the president is a businessman who never presented himself as a politician. Taken together, the comments suggest that rising costs have not shaken these supporters' loyalty.

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