'It's taking all of our money': truck drivers in Iowa lament gas price surge sparked by Trump's Iran war [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/iowa-truck-stop-gas-prices

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“It’s a lot of money,” said Malvinder Grewal, as he gazed at a receipt showing he had just spent $809 to fill up his 18-wheeler, which was laden with a shipment of dog food that he expected would net him $2,550 for delivery to Ohio.

As the summer travel season kicks off in the United States, analysts expect the high gas prices precipitated by the war with Iran to stick around. Average gas prices are the highest they have been in four years, according to the American Automobile Association, and price tracker GasBuddy predicted this week that, if the strait remains closed, pump prices could break records in the months ahead.

It’s a perilous position for Donald Trump to be in before November’s midterm elections, when his Republican allies will be defending their control of Congress. His administration has responded by approving the sale of fuel with a higher ethanol content that can be cheaper but risks increasing smog, while the president has floated suspending the federal gas tax.

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“When gas goes up, that makes everything else go up, because everything is transported by truck,” she said. “If this keeps up, all my other costs of goods will go up as well. Do I have to raise my price?”

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