One of the surest examples of this is that presidencies rise and fall with gas prices. Donald Trump’s recent, ongoing slide tracks closely with gas prices, repeating a decades old pattern — even down to this later (?) Current gas prices are almost entirely because of the war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. But I wonder whether it has slightly more valence since … well, since Trump 100% did it. Perhaps the better question is whether the opposition can leverage it even more effectively given that, again, Trump 100% did this.