What kind of president tells struggling Americans to just “live with it”?

As gas prices climb back above $4 a gallon amid the ongoing conflict with Iran and disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump isn’t apologizing. Instead, he defended the cost at a New York event, arguing that confronting Iran and preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon was worth the financial consequences at home.

National gas prices have risen sharply since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February, making the impact of this conflict very real for families every time they fill their tanks. National security may come with difficult decisions, but telling people already dealing with higher everyday costs that they simply have to accept it is a pretty striking message from the person supposed to be leading them.