Two weeks of consecutive 25-cent jumps at the pump while the White House waits on Tehran's answer to a peace proposal. Said Trump: it could come "any minute" — the same frame he's used on deals from trade to hostages. The strategic read: the administration is managing two clocks simultaneously, a diplomatic one it doesn't control and an economic one voters feel every time they fill up. Every day without an answer is another day the gas-price headline runs on its own.