Gas Prices Rise Above $4 as Trump's Approval Rating Collapses The average nationwide gas price stands at $4.015 per gallon on Tuesday morning, up more than one dollar from last month. Gas prices have surged past $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years on Tuesday, according to data from GasBuddy, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt global oil supplies. As of 3. 30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the U.S. national average price of regular gasoline was $4.015 per gallon,, and 90 cents from last year's average . In California, drivers are paying the highest prices across the nation at $5.870 per gallon of regular gasoline. Meanwhile, drivers in Oklahoma are paying the least on $3.245 per gallon. Just over a month before the U.S. and Israel's joint strikes on Iran in February, Trump's administration said it had delivered"big wins" for Americans, including bringing gas prices down to their lowest level since 2021. The White House said that falling gas prices were"putting real money back in Americans' pockets." Americans are now estimated to have spent an extra $8 billion in gasoline since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, according to calculations from GasBuddy. It comes as Trump's approval rating has plummeted in a number of recent polls. According to the latest Fox News survey, 59 percent of voters said they disapproved of Trump's job as president. A year earlier, the same poll found that 51 percent of voters disapproved of his handling of the presidency.Newsweek’s reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to help produce this story.