Gas Price Tops $4 | Drudge Retort

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The average price of gas at the pump has topped $4 in the US for the first time in nearly four years as the Iran war continues to push up fuel prices.

Posted by REDIAL at 03:00 PM | 12 COMMENTS | permalink

Gas prices have surged nearly 35% in the past month as the Iran war has disrupted shipping to the Strait of Hormuz, severely impacting global oil shipments. [image or embed]
" Forbes (@forbes.com) Mar 31, 2026 at 4:50 AM

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Wait 'til futures" become ground-based reality. It takes the average oil tanker about a month at sea to deliver its load, so in about a week things will truly spiral out of control- seeing that no westward shipments have left Hormuz since early March. Kinda like a sonic boom blast being heard and felt after the supersonic jet has long since soared out of sight.

#1 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-03-31 03:08 PM

"Just make more money."
-President Donald Trump

(No, seriously, that was his proposed solution.)

#2 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-31 03:18 PM

This is very good news for world oil markets...
--Vlad the wildcatter, counting the rubles being raked in

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2026-03-31 03:44 PM

They've done away with the penny. When are they going to get rid of that damn 0.9 cents in a gallon of gas? Finding that change has always been difficult.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-31 03:56 PM

"Cheap" gas, at the Native casino, here in NorCal starts at $5.39/gal and goes way up from there.
F anybody that thinks this pos has been anything but a disaster for this country.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-31 03:56 PM

Ain't that the truth.

Thanks, Trumpers!

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#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-31 04:04 PM

I keep forgetting.

MAGA help me on this one.

Is this Biden's or Obama's fault?

#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-31 04:59 PM

Got my stickers yesterday

#8 | Posted by americanunity at 2026-03-31 05:06 PM

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There's an evenin' haze settlin' over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Money's gettin' shallow and weak

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#9 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-31 05:15 PM

Adjusted for Bidenflation, $4 isn't really that much.
--Karoline Leavitt, probably

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 05:55 PM

@8 Thanks, Bibi!

You've wanted this war against the people of Iran for decades; Dummkopf Trumpf and AIPAC enablers in Congress, State Dept, and DOD delivered it for you in spades.

Israel has ~41 billionaires, which is one of the highest per capita rates in the world, and Israel offers world class universal healthcare for all its residents.

Meanwhile hardworking American taxpayers continue sending Israel billions of dollars year in and year out while struggling with the impact of the BBB, privatized health insurance, and sky-rocketing fuel and food costs.

We're all pleased as punch here in America.

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 05:56 PM

If Donald Trump dies tomorrow, do you think that the price of gas would go up or down?

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-31 05:58 PM

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