The war, and the spiraling price of oil, has been unpopular in the United States

The war, and the spiraling price of oil, has been unpopular in the United States

 MARIO TAMA

The average price of gasoline at US pumps has soared past $4 a gallon, the American Automobile Association (AAA) reported Tuesday, the highest for nearly four years on the back of the Iran war.

Spiking gas prices, up from less than $3 at the end of February, represent the latest bad news for President Donald Trump after he ordered strikes on Iran in a war that has threatened to drag down the global economy.

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