{"id":38052,"date":"2026-05-16T03:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=38052"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:58:09","slug":"trump-defends-saying-he-isnt-thinking-about-americans-finances-amid-iran-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=38052","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends saying he isn\u2019t thinking about Americans\u2019 finances amid Iran talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-35643a\" class=\"body-graf\">President Donald Trump is defending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-not-thinking-american-finances-iran-talk-rcna344785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks from earlier this week<\/a> when he said he wasn\u2019t factoring in Americans\u2019 financial situation amid efforts to negotiate an end to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Iran war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a34e4e\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThat\u2019s a perfect statement, I\u2019d make it again,\u201d Trump told Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6395736085112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an interview<\/a> Friday after being shown a clip of his previous comments.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-111293\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-not-thinking-american-finances-iran-talk-rcna344785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump told reporters<\/a> Tuesday that he wasn\u2019t thinking about Americans\u2019 finances \u201ceven a little bit\u201d as he negotiates with Iran to end the monthslong conflict, adding that his sole focus is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-700e5e\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThe only thing that matters, when I\u2019m talking about Iran, they can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI don\u2019t think about Americans\u2019 financial situation, I don\u2019t think about anybody. I think about one thing: You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body\" data-testid=\"inline-video\" id=\"anchor-e3999d\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"styles_gridStackWrapper__Z_AMc styles_videoContainer___xc7B video-container paused\" data-testid=\"gamma-video-player\">\n<div class=\"styles_gridStackWrapper__Z_AMc videoSlate styles_videoSlate__IvkAP\"><picture class=\"\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"focal\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-860x484,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2026_05\/1778612006542_now_brk_trump_iran_americans_finances_260512_S3_1920x1080-5b3pn8.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-1000x563,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2026_05\/1778612006542_now_brk_trump_iran_americans_finances_260512_S3_1920x1080-5b3pn8.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2026_05\/1778612006542_now_brk_trump_iran_americans_finances_260512_S3_1920x1080-5b3pn8.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2026_05\/1778612006542_now_brk_trump_iran_americans_finances_260512_S3_1920x1080-5b3pn8.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"anchor-d12288\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump\u2019s comments sparked widespread criticism from Democrats while many Republicans sought to defend him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-20608d\" class=\"body-graf\">In the Fox News interview, taped in China during Trump\u2019s visit, the president said there will be \u201cshort-term pain\u201d as he negotiates an end to the Iran war and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The blockade of the strait, one of the world\u2019s busiest waterways for oil tankers, has spiked global energy prices.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-907e51\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump said he was \u201cOK\u201d with higher gas prices if it helped the U.S. achieve its goals in the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-dd8441\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWhen you tell somebody you\u2019re going to pay a little more for gasoline for a very short period of time \u2014 because we want to stop the threat of being blown to pieces by a lunatic, by a crazy person using nuclear weapons \u2014 everybody says that\u2019s fine,\u201d Trump said, calling the reporter\u2019s question that prompted his response on Tuesday \u201ca fake question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ac10fd\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/data-graphics\/gas-prices-iran-war-state-national-cost-trump-rcna265835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gas prices have gone up<\/a> 50% since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February, with the national average climbing to more than $4.50 a gallon, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data from the American Automobile Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-df950b\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump said gas prices would drop once the blockade in the strait is resolved.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6b1085\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cDon\u2019t forget, they have a lot of boats that are loaded up with oil that are going to bring the oil out as soon as this is over, and I think it\u2019s going to end fast,\u201d Trump said Friday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8e2e25\" class=\"body-graf\">With gas prices rising and Trump\u2019s approval sinking, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/republicans-grapple-trump-campaign-trail-midterms-rcna344589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans are grappling<\/a> with the political fallout from the Iran war heading into the November midterm elections, when they\u2019ll be defending slim majorities in each chamber.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b12d4e\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump said, however, he\u2019s not considering the midterms when it comes to Iran.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-83b0c0\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to let the election determine what\u2019s going to happen with respect to Iran, because they cannot have a nuclear weapon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/president-defends-remarks-americans-finances-iran-war-perfect-statemen-rcna345418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is defending remarks from earlier this week when he said he wasn\u2019t factoring in Americans\u2019 financial situation amid efforts to negotiate an end to the Iran war. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. \u201cThat\u2019s a perfect statement, I\u2019d make it again,\u201d Trump told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-conditions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38054,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38052\/revisions\/38054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}