When oil crosses $100 a barrel in an election year, it ceases to be merely a commodity price — it becomes a referendum on who governs and who is blamed. Amid escalating Gulf tensions, Houthi strikes on Saudi infrastructure, and clashes between American and Iranian forces, Republicans convened in Texas to reckon with a question as old as democratic politics: will the cost of living cost them power? President Trump named Iran as the culprit and pledged a swift resolution, but the deeper contest is over which story voters will believe before they cast their ballots.
Republicans weigh oil price surge ahead of midterms as Trump vows Iran action
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