Trump slams oil companies for ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

The Guardian reports that President Trump has criticized major oil companies—ExxonMobil and Chevron among them—for profiting heavily as global energy markets have been disrupted by his war on Iran. Brent crude oil tells the story: it traded around seventy dollars per barrel before US-Israeli strikes in late February, spiked above one hundred twenty-six dollars by late April, and is currently hovering near eighty-five dollars. Trump contends these firms should 'give some of that back to the public.'

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