President Donald Trump talked about falling oil prices and a quick end to the Iran war over the weekend, but with gasoline rising from under $3 a gallon in late 2025 to more than $4, the wait is becoming harder for some drivers to ignore.
Hundreds of miles away, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene walked into a gas station in Lubbock, Texas, to call out the rising prices, saying drivers in one of the country’s biggest oil-producing regions were furious about paying more than $4 a gallon.
Her message put her directly at odds with Trump’s claim that the war will soon end and oil prices will come down — and it quickly triggered backlash from some of his MAGA supporters.
Greene’s decision to put gas prices front and center turned into a direct challenge to Trump — and quickly drew the anger of some of his most loyal supporters.
Trump has been promising that the Iran war will end soon and that oil prices will fall with it, while Greene is pointing to what drivers are paying right now. Her disapproval exposed a sharp disconnect between the president’s empty promises and the reality confronting motorists, particularly in the Permian Basin, where gasoline prices have climbed despite the region’s enormous oil production.
Greene’s criticism also showed how quickly a fight over gas prices can turn into a loyalty test inside Trump’s political movement.
For months, Trump has repeatedly tied the cost of oil to the war with Iran, saying prices will drop soon.
“Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon,” Trump told reporters Sunday. “Prices for groceries have come way down for Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing — oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration.”
Trump made the comments as he portrayed the war as moving rapidly toward an American victory, even as uncertainty remains over the conflict and the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.
At another point, Trump appeared to describe negotiations over the strait in terms that highlighted his claim that the United States already controls the waterway.
“I’m rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately … we’re winning tremendously,” Trump said. “We have total control of the Hormuz Strait … that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait.”
Trump has also predicted the war will end soon.
“I think what’s going to happen is we’re going to win the war very soon,” the president told Fox News at the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in DuPage County, Illinois.
That prediction prompted at least one sarcastic reaction online, with a critic pointing to Trump’s previous declarations about the conflict, saying, “But I thought we ‘won the war’ that ‘isn’t a war’, on ‘day one’, nearly 8 months ago.”
Greene, meanwhile, took her argument directly to a gas station in Lubbock, where she said she spoke with drivers about rising fuel costs. The former congresswoman posted video and comments on X from the Texas stop, emphasizing the irony of soaring gas prices in an area surrounded by major oil production.
“Gas and diesel prices are ridiculous in the Permian Basin, Lubbock, Texas – top 5 most oil in the world!!! Everyone I talked to is furious and disgusted. It was under $2 in Dec of 2025 in Lubbock and because of Trump’s war with Iran it is now over $4 and diesel is near $6.”
Greene’s post put her at odds with Trump’s argument that lower energy costs are coming soon. Instead of focusing on what prices might look like after the war ends, she focused on what consumers are paying at the pump today.
The criticism was especially notable because Greene spent years as one of Trump’s most vocal allies before breaking with him on several issues. Her latest attack gave MAGA supporters another opening to question whether she remains loyal to the president.
Some of those supporters responded by accusing Greene of turning against Trump rather than challenging his handling of the economy.
One said, “You have gone bad, Marjorie. I thought for sure you were going to make it big with Trump; you disappointed many by backstabbing the POTUS.”
Another commenter went further, calling Greene a traitor and dismissing her criticism altogether.
“You are a traitor! Go under your Rino rock and stop posting. You are pathetic!!!”
A third response framed Greene’s dispute with Trump as a personal grievance, pointing to his refusal to endorse her and accusing her of leaving the movement out of resentment.
“Please get over your petty issues with Trump. I get it; he did not endorse you and you pouted and left. Be a big girl and grow up a little more.”
The backlash underscored the political risk for anyone inside Trump’s coalition who challenges his version of events. But Greene’s argument was rooted in a straightforward question for drivers: What does it matter that oil prices may fall later if gasoline is already costing more now?
For Trump, the answer remains tied to the war. He promises the conflict will end soon and that oil prices will follow downward. Greene is pointing to the gas pump as evidence that consumers are still waiting for that promise to materialize.
