Trump faces 'I did that!' stickers on gas pumps, mirroring treatment of Biden
Critics attribute rising fuel prices to the president's actions amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.
Stickers bearing the slogan "I did that!" alongside an image of President Trump are appearing on gas pumps across the country, drawing parallels to similar labels that targeted his predecessor, Joe Biden, during a period of high inflation. The stickers fault Trump for the current surge in gasoline prices, which critics attribute to the ongoing conflict with Iran.
According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of diesel fuel surpassed $6.39 on Thursday, while regular gasoline reached nearly $4.44 per gallon, a seven-cent increase from the previous day. In February, before the initiation of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, average gas prices had fallen below $3 per gallon nationally.
![A "I Did That!" sticker with an image of Donald Trump pointing to the high price of gas on a Shell fuel pump.]( "A "I Did That!" sticker with an image of Donald Trump pointing to the high price of gas on a Shell fuel pump.")
Some critics have also placed similar stickers on consumer goods to protest tariffs, with variations of the message reading, "These prices are tariff-ic!" A pack of 100 such stickers was available on Amazon for approximately $8 as of Thursday morning.
The rise in gas prices has been linked to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane through which a significant portion of the world's seaborne oil passes. Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that approximately 18 million barrels of oil and oil products transited the strait on Wednesday, a slight decrease from the pre-war average of around 20 million barrels daily. Wright anticipates the affected pipeline will resume operations soon.
Further complicating supply, Houthi attacks have impacted oil flow through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, another vital passage. During the summer of 2022, under the Biden administration, average gas prices briefly exceeded $5 per gallon, influenced by the war in Ukraine and post-pandemic supply chain issues.
President Trump commented on the issue, stating, "They use the word ‘affordability,’ right? It’s fake... Because it was them that caused the affordability, to use their word, ‘crisis.’"