President Donald Trump noted Thursday that gasoline prices are “not very high.”

A Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters showed that 65% of U.S. voters blame Trump either “a lot” or “some” for the rise in gas prices seen since the beginning of the Iran war. This also touches on aspects of bear market.

Trump noted those prices are not as high as what was expected from the war, which he noted was aimed at denying Iran the ability to produce a nuclear weapon.

President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed aside concerns about much higher gas prices because of the Iran war, even as a updated poll showed that most U.S. voters blame him for the pump price spike.

“Well, they are not very high,” Trump told a reporter at the White House after she asked how much longer Americans would continue to see high gas prices.

Trump noted those prices are not as high as what was expected they would be Because of the war, which he noted was aimed at denying Iran the ability to produce a nuclear weapon.

“Gas prices have come down very much in the last three or four days,” Trump stated. Gas prices have risen 49% since the beginning of 2026, according to prices tracked by AAA. They dropped by an average of 7 cents a gallon after a two-week ceasefire was declared last week.

A Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters released Wednesday found that 65% of respondents blame Trump either “a lot” or “some” for the recent rise in gas prices.

The same poll found that just 38% of respondents approve of how Trump is handling the economy, which matches the all-time low for both of his terms in the White House reached in March and in October 2025.

The poll of 1,028 self-identified registered voters has a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.

The price of gas has soared since the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran on Feb. 28.

At the beginning of 2026, the average price of regular gasoline was just above $2.75 per gallon. On Thursday, the average price was $4.093 per gallon, according to AAA.

The average price of diesel fuel, which had been just above $3.50 per gallon in January, is now around $5.65 per gallon.

Trump on Thursday stated, “The fact is, if you look at, the stock market’s up, everything’s doing really well, and the substantial thing we had to do is create sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.”

“Because if they do, you want to talk about problems, you’d have problems,” he mentioned.