President Donald Trump has recently started blaming Big Oil rather than his war against Iran for rising oil prices — and the editorial page of The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is having none of it. “That economic law is as fundamental as they come, but not for the first time, President Donald Trump is acting like he’s above the law.” Ironically, Trump implicitly admitted earlier on Wednesday that his war is in fact the main cause of rising gas prices. Speaking to AlterNet in June, Dr. Robert Shapiro — a top economic adviser to President Bill Clinton — confirmed that Trump’s war against Iran has caused oil prices to rise. “An Iran-controlled toll to use the Strait will produce big bucks for Iran, but its impact on world prices for oil, natural gas, helium, etc.