President Donald Trump asserted that the Iran conflict would conclude “immediately” following the U.S. midterm elections, attributing rising oil costs to the ongoing war.
Crude prices climbed to $100 per barrel on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran targeted tankers in the Gulf region and Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Reporting from the Republican Party’s inaugural midterms convention in Texas, the BBC’s Sarah Smith surveyed voters on how escalating fuel prices might influence the upcoming elections.
Video edited by Mabel Pickering
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