During his first White House Press Briefing, Secretary of State Marco Rubio answered a question about the price of gas, which is now averaging $4.50 a gallon. "It's obviously being driven by global events. That was true during the Russia Ukraine war as well, where you saw that come up," said Rubio. "Look, we don't benefit from the straits as much as other countries. So we're very fortunate that the United States — I believe right now is like the world's largest net exporter of oil and natural gas." "We're more insulated than other countries, even though that's not welcome news to Americans that are paying more at the pump." Everybody needs to think about it this way. If Iran had a nuclear weapon and they decided to close the straits and make our gas prices like $9 a gallon," said Rubio. "We wouldn't be able to do anything about it because they have a nuclear weapon. A nuclear armed Iran could do whatever the hell they want with the straits and there's nothing anyone would be able to...