President Donald Trump’s strikes against the Iranian regime, and the regime’s all-out effort to create chaos in the region in response, has disrupted global energy production and delivery. But while energy prices are rising here in the United States, they are rising far more slowly than in Europe and in Asia. The conflict with Iran is decisively demonstrating that domestic energy production and national security are inextricably linked, and that Trump’s push for domestic energy production has made America safer, stronger, and more capable of defending its interests abroad.

Since American bombs began falling on Iran in February, Iran has hit Saudi Arabia’s biggest refinery, Qatar, Iraq, and Kuwait have cut production because of damage to their storage facilities by Iranian attacks, and fuel exports to Asia have fallen 90% as tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz have slowed to a crawl. Natural gas prices are up by over 50% in Europe, while oil prices there have risen 15%. Japan gets 95% of its oil from the Middle East, and 70% of its oil transits through the Strait of Hormuz.