Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising U.S. gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict, telling Reuters ​in an exclusive interview that the U.S. military operation was his priority.

“I don’t have any concern about it,” he said, when asked about the higher prices at ‌the pump. “They’ll drop very rapidly when this is over, and if they rise, they rise, but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit.”

The comments mark a shift in tone for the president, who touted a drop in gas prices in his State of the Union address last month and at a Texas rally focused on energy that took place just hours before the U.S. launched its air strikes ​on Saturday.

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    They aren’t the only ones to blame. Its not enough just to vote kamala.

    If you want your rights and your freedom, you need to fight for it. Thats the deal at this moment.

    If you do nothing and let them take your freedom because they decided they’d fight to take it, then you are responsible.

    Take your freedom back. It will cost you sacrifice. But it is better to sacrifice on your terms, for a chance at freedom. If you don’t, they will force you to sacrifice anyway, and all your rights and freedoms will be gone, forever, along with those of all future generations, and all citizens of all countries your government attacked with your tax money, and the might of powerful corporations like meta, and twitter, and google, and amazon, which you allowed to have power, because quitting them was too inconvenient for you, and you believed your actions alone are insignificant. They aren’t.

    You are only failing because you have this weak mentality like you’re powerless. You aren’t.

    Organize. Boycott. Protest.