Overview
- Guest host Sara Eisen said Americans are paying about 80 to 90 cents more per gallon since the Iran war began, while arguing the surge is likely temporary.
- Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin challenged Eisen’s outlook as resting on “a lot of ifs,” criticizing what they saw as weak empathy for consumers’ strain.
- The panel aired comments from Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett calling the economy “fundamentally sound” and suggesting sustained high gas prices would not significantly disrupt it, which Eisen said came off as brushing aside people’s pain.
- Fox News noted Vice President J.D. Vance has described the spike as a “blip,” as co-host Sara Haines pointed to a TSA worker rationing fuel and to higher commuting costs that ripple through buses and trains running on diesel.
- Eisen linked the price jump to conflict-related risks around the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil exports pass, and said markets are signaling lower oil later this year, though that depends on how the conflict evolves.