Trump says oil price spike on Iran war a ‘small price to pay’

2026-03-09 - 00:04

An exiled Iranian protester holds a placard of Reza Pahlavi, Donald Trump, and Benjamin Netanyahu outside Bucharest’s Iranian embassy. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed the war-related spike in oil prices as a “small price to pay” for removing the threat of Iran’s nuclear programme. “Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for USA, and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.