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President Donald Trump said he isn\u2019t motivated by Americans\u2019 financial situations \u201ceven a little bit\u201d when negotiating a peace deal with Iran, insisting he is only concerned with preventing Iran from getting ahold of a nuclear weapon, despite rising inflation<\/a>, skyrocketing prices for energy and gasoline and shortages<\/a> of materials needed for popular consumer goods.<\/p>\n The president made the remarks before leaving for a trip to China.<\/p>\n Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think about Americans\u2019 financial situations, I don\u2019t think about anybody,\u201d Trump told reporters<\/a> outside the White House before leaving for his trip to China, adding \u201cI think about one thing\u2014we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n He also insisted<\/a> his policies \u201care working incredibly\u201d even with rising inflation, later claiming that after the war in Iran ends oil prices will fall and \u201cyou\u2019re gonna see a stock market, which is already at the highest point in history, go through the roof.”<\/p>\n Trump also claimed \u201chundreds\u201d of ships were waiting to exit the Strait of Hormuz, and \u201cas soon as they come out, we’re going to have a gusher of oil and you’re gonna have inflation that goes way down.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked about how Americans were feeling about rising prices, Trump said \u201cevery American understands,\u201d citing a poll he claimed showed a majority opposed Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n Crucial Quote<\/p>\n \u201cThe President\u2019s ultimate responsibility is the safety and security of Americans,\u201d White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement sent to Forbes. \u201cIran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and if action wasn\u2019t taken, they\u2019d have one, which threatens all Americans.”<\/p>\n Do Americans \u2018understand\u2019 Trump?<\/p>\n Trump insisted Americans understood his goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. \u201cThey just had a poll like 85%\u2014which is surprising it’s only that\u2014they understand that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, if Iran has a nuclear weapon the whole world would be in trouble because they happen to be crazy,\u201d Trump told reporters on Tuesday. The White House did not elaborate on which poll the president was referring to when asked by Forbes, but a recent Harvard CAPS\/Harris poll<\/a> conducted between April 23-26 found 74% of voters agreed it was in the U.S.\u2019 interest to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. However, that poll also found 60% of voters believed Iran would keep trying to develop nuclear weapons even if the Trump administration continued its strong stance against the nation.<\/p>\n Key Background<\/p>\n Most major polls<\/a> conducted in recent weeks have found Trump\u2019s approval rating around or below 40%, with many respondents citing disapproval over his handling of the Iran war and the economic fallout caused by rising oil prices. An April Gallup poll<\/a> published the same day as the Harvard\/Harris poll found 55% of respondents believed their financial situations were getting worse, while only 34% thought they were getting better\u2014a steep drop from 43% with a positive outlook in April 2025. A total of 31% of respondents ranked inflation as their biggest economic problem\u2014up from 29% last year, but still down significantly from 41% who said the same in April 2024. However, other concerns are now rising, with 13% citing the cost of owning a home and another 13% citing energy and gas costs as their biggest hardship\u2014a sharp uptick from only 3% who cited gas prices in 2025.<\/p>\n Further ReadingForbesFrom Diet Coke To Helium: Consumers Feeling Iran War ShortagesBy Mary Whitfill Roeloffs<\/a>ForbesInflation Approached 3-Year High In April As Energy Prices SoaredBy Ty Roush<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline President Donald Trump said he isn\u2019t motivated by Americans\u2019 financial situations \u201ceven a little bit\u201d when negotiating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,42,117780,43,40,38,41,39,627],"class_list":["post-438514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-iran-war","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}