Trump views cheap energy as top economic priority as Iran conflict pushes oil higher
CNBC Television·2026-03-02 16:15
Is anyone talking about the idea that if oil goes up big then perhaps there's inflation and if inflation comes back then we're not going to be able to cut rates. >> Yeah, it's an interesting question Jim. I mean, I can tell you that the president thinks about oil and energy as the the number one input to the economy and his entire sort of economic policy is focused on the idea of drill baby drill, getting oil prices as low as possible, lower even than some of the oil companies uh want it to go uh in order t ...