Karoline Leavitt lashes out at Politico over preview of Trump address on Iran

"Another example of why you should not blindly trust what you read from the legacy media. This is what they do - call up random sources who just make things up, and then they report it as fact."

Leavitt said the Pentagon had planned for a possible Iranian closure of the strait for decades and the threat had been part of the administration's planning before Operation Epic Fury began.

"The idea that Chairman Cain and Secretary Hegseth weren't prepared for this possibility is PREPOSTEROUS," she continued. 

The president also acknowledged increased gas prices since the war began and expressed confidence that those increases are "short term."

The average price of a gallon of gas surpassed $4 Tuesday, a first since 2022.