Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) stepped up his criticism of President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran on Tuesday, arguing that the president’s actions have fueled a global oil and gas price spike that’s hurting American families.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) stepped up his criticism of President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran on Tuesday, arguing that the president’s actions have fueled a global oil and gas price spike that’s hurting American families.

“Trump’s Iran war is costing Americans $1.5 billion more at the pump this week alone, and what are Americans getting in return? Not better roads.

Not cleaner air. Just higher prices as corporations pocket the higher prices and cash in on Trump’s chaos,” Newsom, an early Democratic front-runner in the 2028 presidential race, said.

“‘Drill Baby Drill’ was always a lie to enrich Trump’s Big Oil donors — not a strategy to keep prices low, because oil is a global good with a global price.”