Trump links rising gas prices to Kiev strikes, Democratic policies

Trump links rising gas prices to Kiev strikes, Democratic policies The US president added that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer a cause of rising pricesWASHINGTON, October 6. /TASS/. Republican US President Donald Trump believes rising gasoline prices are being driven not by the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, but by Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy facilities and policies pursued by the US Democratic Party. "What’s driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are coming out now on an almost daily basis, but the word, ‘Refineries,’ where Russia’s are being blown up by Ukraine, and where ours are being closed up, in Blue States, (Democratic-led states - TASS) like California, by the Dumocrats," the US leader wrote on Truth Social. On October 4, the Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces would intensify their strikes on military facilities and defense industry sites in Kiev and other Ukrainian regions. The announcement followed a recent statement by Vladimir Zelensky that the Kiev regime would step up attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to Russian strikes on Ukrainian defense industry facilities. 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