Trump claims more oil is flowing through Strait of Hormuz than before war as he blames 'evil' Iran for price surge
The US President has claimed Iran is doing all it can to drive up the price of oil - before next month's midterm elections.
Donald Trump has accused Iran of doing "everything they can do" to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections.
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President Trump accused Iran of "making up fake hits, mines, and everything else, because more Oil is coming through the Hormuz Strait now than it did even prior to the beginning of the Conflict."
He added 75,000 protestors "lie dead in less than seven months".
He described the regime as "truly evil" adding he can "only hope the American Public, and the World, understands how EVIL they are!"
The MAGA President rounds off the TruthSocial post with: "IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, AND THEY WILL NEVER A NUCLEAR WEAPON!"
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The Iran war and subsequent increase in fuel prices have helped drive Trump's popularity to record lows ahead of the midterm elections on November 3.
Polls suggest that Americans worried about high gasoline prices will punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections.
The US and Israel launched a war on Iran on February 28.
Since then, the two sides have failed to uphold a ceasefire agreement and have exchanged strikes over the control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has repeatedly said he expects oil prices to drop after the elections, but has not offered a detailed plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy shipping route effectively closed by Iran since the war began.
Iranian attacks both threatened and real have kept ship traffic through the strait to a trickle, while a US maritime blockade and trade sanctions have cut off Iran's oil export revenues and exacerbated growing domestic economic woes.
It comes after officials suggested Iran was deliberately prolonging negotiations with the US to try to weaken Donald Trump politically ahead of the election.
"Iran is preparing for renewed Israeli and US attacks, not for a deal with America to end the war," one of the officials said.
"The clerical establishment is determined not to give Trump a political victory."