US PRESIDENT TRUMP: You say, 'Oh, you don't think - you don't think about the person. 'No, it's going to come down. You know, I'm telling the story, I was in Iowa giving a speech and I stopped and I'm looking -. I always look at the top of the pumps for oil prices.
And we were right before I had to do that, because we couldn't let Iran have nuclear weapons. Do you want to see problems? This was a problem. And it was $1.95 at one gas station, and it was $1.85 at another gas station.
And I said, 'Isn't that terrible? ' I brought my people, and some of them are here today -. Howard Lutnick, a lot of our great people. I told your attorney general about it, because of his relationship with Texas. But I said, 'Isn't that a shame?
The company fluctuated, even though the stock market today is significantly higher than it was 7 months ago, which is much higher. Your 401ks are much higher.
But I knew the oil would go up. I actually thought it would cost twice or three times as much, and I was still willing to do it. But think about it, so we were at 1.85 and I said to my people, 'That's $1.85 a gallon.