'Americans need clarity': Trump energy secretary slammed for Iran war comments

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright made the rounds of US media on Sunday — and users on the social media platform X were not impressed with what he had to say.

Speaking with ABC News’ Martha Raddatz on “This Week,” Wright said that he believes the war in Iran “will certainly come to an end in the next few weeks. Could be sooner than that, but the conflict will come to the end in the next few weeks.”

He also predicted that gas prices would decline once the war concludes.

“We’ll see a rebound in supplies and a pushing down of prices after that,” Wright predicted, adding he is “very aware” of a “short-term disruption” occurring.

“Look, you never know exactly the time frame of this, but, in the worst case, this is a weeks, this is not a months thing,” Wright told CNN.

Similarly, speaking to Kristen Welker of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Welker asked Wright if Americans should brace for the price of oil to exceed $200 per barrel.

“Iran calls us the 'great Satan,'” Wright replied. “I don't think we are the great Satan. We're not.”

Welker asked, “That's a no?”

Wright told Welker, “I would pay no attention to what Iran says, but…”

“Dodging by dismissing foreign rhetoric dodges the point,” posted an X user called Hosky.Watcher. “Whether you tune out Iran or not, Americans need clarity on price risk and government plans to protect households if oil spikes. This matters beyond talking points.”

A user called FankachCrypto seemed confused by the implications of Wright’s statements, asking “Wright optimistic—Iran scrap wraps in weeks. Oil steady, markets exhale. De-escalate or bluff?

Less confident, a user called George Lewis observed to NBC News that he cannot “envision the slightest reality associated with his rhetoric. Therefore, for the sake of all of those who are actually risking their lives for this hyperbolic BS. I say ‘God’ be with you. Thank you”

Tim McCormack, commenting on the Wright interviews, observed that the energy secretary “fails to mention Iran has not attacked any country in the last 200 years, and not executed any coups. He also fails to state the number executed by the US and Israel. Hmmmm.....”

Perhaps the consensus was summed up by someone known as orangbiasa, who tweeted that “US Energy Secretary Wright says the Iran conflict will end in the ‘next few weeks,’ with oil supplies rebounding and energy prices falling once the war concludes, per ABC News. This likely won’t be enough to calm oil markets.”