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A Fox News contributor told viewers to accept high inflation and rising fuel costs, or else the U.S. would have to forfeit its standing as a superpower.

On Wednesday, May 13, Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen spoke about the U.S. economic system on the community’s Special Report with Bret Baier. Meanwhile, President Trump dismissed the considerations of hundreds of thousands of Americans about their funds earlier this week.

During his look on the show, Thiessen said what Trump is doing in Iran is the most important factor any U.S. president has accomplished since Ronald Reagan introduced down the Berlin Wall. The contributor added that Trump inherited a nation that “was no longer respected,” but is now behaving “like the leader of a superpower.”

In his remarks to Baier, Thiessen said, “As to what we were talking about before about the comment he made, look, what Donald Trump is doing in Iran is the most important thing any American president has done since Ronald Reagan brought down the Berlin Wall.

“He is restoring American strength on the world stage, and he’s disarming a terrorist regime of the likelihood of getting a nuclear weapon. If we can’t accept a few months of increased inflation and a few months of increased fuel costs in order to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, we’re not a superpower anymore.”

Thiessen continued, “And Donald Trump is behaving just like the chief of a superpower. He inherited a scenario where our nation was no longer revered.

“We had the Afghan withdrawal, we had the Chinese balloon incident that you alluded to, people thought — the Chinese, the Russians, everybody thought we were weak.

“And he is restoring American strength on the world stage, and what he is doing in Iran is massively important, but it has to end in victory.”

President Trump dismissed the concerns of millions of Americans, threatening to upend his party’s midterm messaging on the economy.

Trump told reporters on Tuesday, May 12, that he does “not even a little bit” think about Americans’ financial situation while continuing the conflict with Iran. His only priority is not letting Tehran have a nuclear weapon.

Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, May 13, that wholesale inflation spiked to six percent in April, up from four percent in March, due to the Iran war.

The data followed the department’s Tuesday report that the consumer price index increased 3.8 percent over the past 12 months.

The economic data puts pressure on Republicans as they battle to hold on to their House and Senate majorities.

Trump and Republicans have often blamed inflation and bad economic news on the president’s inheriting an economy they argue was worsened by former President Biden.

Now that Trump has been in office for more than a year, that excuse no longer holds up.

“Well, whoever is president’s going to take it on the chin with respect to inflation and affordability,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday on The Hill on NewsNation with Blake Burman.

“President Trump’s been president for a 12 months and a half now, so it is his economic system, even though he inherited a dangerous one from the Biden administration with respect to rising costs and inflation.”

Comer defended Trump’s comments on Iran, saying the reason we’re engaged in the conflict is to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday acknowledged “the battle with Iran has put a little damper” on affordability.

“Now, as soon as that’s resolved, I agree with the Treasury secretary, I agree with the president, you are going to have an alleviation of the pain at the pump, and you are going to have costs come down general,” he continued.

Polling exhibits Americans are usually not precisely shopping for the message that costs will lower once the conflict ends.

A GWN survey launched Monday, May 11, discovered 77 % of Americans, 55 % of Republicans, and 81 % of independents reported that Trump’s insurance policies have pushed up the associated fee of dwelling in their communities.

The same ballot discovered that 75 % said the conflict in Iran has had a detrimental impact on their funds.