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Steve Forbes told viewers on Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt Tonight that relief at the pump is on the horizon and that “you’ll start to see gas prices go down” once market conditions and policy errors are corrected — a welcome dose of straight talk for working Americans who are sick of Washington excuses. Forbes has been consistently warning that Washington’s energy fiddling and fiscal recklessness are making ordinary families pay the price, and his optimism that prices will ease once supply normalizes is not blind hope but market-based common sense.
Make no mistake why prices are where they are: geopolitical shocks in the Middle East, chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz, and a fragile refining chain that can’t instantly turn crude into cheap, plentiful gasoline. Analysts have been blunt — oil markets price in risk and retail gasoline lags crude by weeks, so when the conflict eases and shipping resumes you’ll see downward pressure, but the relief will arrive gradually, not magically.
Americans don’t need lectures from elites about “temporary” pain; they need policies that restore energy independence and stop rewarding hostile regimes with our vulnerability. Forbes and others rightly point to Washington’s assault on domestic energy production, permitting paralysis, and runaway spending as the real culprits that have made the country hostage to foreign supply shocks and Wall Street panic. If the administration had embraced common-sense permitting reform and unleashed American energy, families wouldn’t be swearing at the pump this summer.
On manufacturing, Brandon Farris of the Steel Manufacturers Association underscored what conservatives have been saying for years: bold protective measures and a level playing field are rebuilding American industry and jobs. Farris explained that tariffs and enforcement have helped lower import surges and revived domestic capacity — policy choices that put Americans back to work in the mills and plants that underpin our economy and national security. Washington should be listening to these industry professionals, not sidelining them.
The prescription is straightforward and patriotic: cut red tape, restore predictable permitting, and stop dismantling our energy base with virtue-signaling regulations while foreign adversaries flood the market. Steve Forbes has pushed for pro-growth tax relief and market-friendly reforms; combine that with a renewed commitment to American-made steel and sensible trade enforcement and you get durable price relief, not temporary political theater. This is how you put money back in people’s pockets and safe jobs back in American towns.
Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who fight for affordable energy and a robust industrial heartland, not perfunctory apologies and press statements. Expect bumps on the road down from today’s pump pain, but also expect results if Republicans and pro-growth conservatives keep pushing for energy independence, permitting reform, and honest markets — the same common-sense fixes Steve Forbes, Brandon Farris, and patriotic manufacturers are demanding right now. The choice is simple: more of the same failed policies, or bold action that delivers real relief to American families.
