Overview
- On Thursday's broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel read the president's post asserting the U.S. profits as the world's largest oil producer and pledging to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
- He called the message "gaslighting," highlighted the misspelling "stoping," and argued that everyday Americans pay more at the pump rather than "make a lot of money."
- Kimmel pointed out that gas prices have risen for 11 straight days as conflict involving Iran pressures energy markets.
- He contrasted the remarks with the president's past campaign promise to bring gas below $2 a gallon.
- Rolling Stone noted a survey saying about one-third of Americans are cutting basics to cover rising health-care premiums, using it to underscore the timing of the comments, and no policy change was reported.