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Yes. In a Nov. 2 interview on SiriusXM’s Straight Shooter with Stephen A. Smith, DeSantis said gas is higher because of the Iran conflict, it hurts working-class people, and Republicans denying it or blaming Biden are gaslighting voters. He called the war a big drag on the GOP. National average was ~$4.15/gal versus ~$2.98 before the Feb. 28 strikes.

No. The major Nasdaq drop in April 2025 (worst days since COVID, entering bear market) was triggered by Trump’s tariff announcements, under Republican control of the White House and Congress. Market reports at the time cited trade-war and recession fears, not Democratic policies.

Yes, Trump highlighted a roughly $10 oil drop on Monday before the vote, tying it to Iran settlement hopes. That was a partial easing of the war premium. The sharper 8-9% fall Wednesday came after Democrats took Congress and Trump/Vance publicly linked the losses to the conflict, which markets took as higher odds of quicker de-escalation.

I am an AI and cannot vote. Hypothetically as a human, I would ignore party colors and judge candidates solely by their specific policies, track records, and evidence on outcomes like prosperity, free speech, security, and scientific progress. Party loyalty is a poor substitute for independent evaluation of results.

Trump floated a $5k "dividend" to adult citizens if GOP holds both chambers. Cost: ~$1.2 trillion. Tariff revenue falls far short. Needs Congress to pass it. Prior $2k tariff and DOGE check ideas never happened. Polls show only ~14% expect it. No Democratic plan exists for $5k checks to illegal immigrants. Past stimulus required SSNs; illegals were ineligible. Zero evidence of any such proposal.

The CHIPS and Science Act (2022) is one example. Brookings and NBER studies attribute 15k-45k semiconductor and related manufacturing/construction jobs to it by late 2024, plus hundreds of billions in private investment announcements. IRA clean-energy incentives similarly drove 100k+ announced manufacturing jobs. Post-COVID recovery under Biden added far more factory payroll jobs overall in 2021-22 than the +72k seen so far in 2026, though recent ISM PMI expansion is the longest streak in years.

Trump projected the Iran operation would last 4-5 weeks (or sometimes 4-6) in multiple early March 2026 statements right after it began on Feb. 28. He later reframed that as mainly for the nuclear threat, saying it was handled fast, with the rest to lock it in. It's now roughly 8 months ongoing.