The AAA national average price for regular gas has soared to $4.229 as of Wednesday, the highest notched so far during the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
While that number is more than a dollar higher than the AAA national average of just $3.161 a year ago, it is still significantly lower than the highest recorded AAA national average of $5.016 set in June 2022 during President Joe Biden's White House tenure.
White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital in a statement, "The President brought oil and gas prices down to multi-year lows at record speed, and as traffic in the Strait of Hormuz normalizes, these energy prices will plummet once again. President Trump has always been clear that these are short-term, temporary disruptions."
