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Oil companies celebrate as Trump’s Iran war pushes prices toward $100 a barrel

Jason Weisberger
Mar 09, 2026
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As Trump and Whiskey Pete’s war with Iran widens, oil prices are climbing toward $100 per barrel, and U.S. gas prices have already jumped about 17%. We are once again paying for a conflict that serves no one but oil interests.

The beneficiaries are fairly predictable: oil companies, energy traders, and folks wi…

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