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"I Did That" stickers have started to appear on gas pumps across the country—and in viral posts on social media. But this time around, a different president is adorning the stickers.
After stickers featuring former President Joe Biden, blaming him for the high price of gasoline, appeared frequently during his term, now people are doing the same with President Donald Trump, in response to high gas prices in the wake of the war with Iran.
Why It Matters
From late 2021, stickers featuring Biden pointing alongside the words "I did that" began appearing at gas pumps across the country. The sticker campaign became more well-known in light of rising gas prices, which reached around $4.59 per gallon in May of 2022, more than double the price of gas at the start of 2021.
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Cut to March of 2026, and a similar story is playing out, but this time Trump is on the sticker.
It comes as the price of gas, and concerns about it, continue to grow. As of reporting on Monday morning, the national average price of gas in the U.S. was $3.956 per gallon. Last week, it was $3.842, and the week prior it was $3.598. In some states, the price of gas has surged above $4, and in Hawaii, California and Washington, the price is more than $5 as of reporting, as per the AAA.
On February 28, the day the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the average price was $2.984. As the conflict continues, so does the president’s risk of continued scrutiny over surging gas prices.
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers recently described soaring oil and gas prices as "short-term disruptions" in a statement shared by Politico*,* and White House spokesman Davis Ingle previously told Newsweek: "What matters most to the American people is having a commander-in-chief who takes decisive action to eliminate threats and keep them safe."
What To Know
Videos and images of people placing the stickers have begun to circulate widely on social media.
TikTok user @theonlychavo shared a clip of himself doing this. Then on March 15, the author Amy Siskind shared that TikTok to X alongside the caption "Omg. This is such a great idea!," in a post viewed 3.7 million times.
Another post to TikTok, by @illinoisstickerco—which manufactures stickers including the "I Did This" ones—shared on March 19, showed someone zooming in on a sign that bears the price of oil, before putting a sticker on the pump. That video has been viewed 1.3 million times as of reporting.
The comment section of that video is filled with different social media users discussing the price of oil, and what it’s like in their states.
As concerns about oil prices continue, these videos are continuing to resonate and prompt a conversation online.
What People Are Saying
Aaron Parnas, a journalist, in a post on TikTok viewed over 450,000 times: "In all seriousness, it looks as though this is going to continue, and Americans are going to remember who was the one responsible for the rising gas prices, with war that isn’t ending any time soon, the price of a gallon of oil is only gonna continue to surge which means the price of a gallon of gas is only gonna continue to surge."
The social media user @tippity, in a post on X viewed over 17,000 times: "i did that" trump sticker merchants are about to have generational wealth."
Matthew Arein, a Democrat influencer in a post on TikTok, viewed over 10,000 times: "These are being placed all around the country, this one from California, this one here taken by a Twitter user from Ohio, and this one is from Texas. And the thing is, these stickers are spot on."
What Happens Next
Trump said on Monday that the United States and Iran have engaged in talks aimed at a "complete and total resolution of hostilities."
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