CNBC’s Sara Eisen walked into the lion’s den Thursday, and for a brief moment, sanity prevailed on ABC’s “The View.” While her co-hosts parroted the usual anti-Trump talking points about rising gas prices amid the Iran conflict, Eisen did something remarkable: she told the truth about the economy. Yes, Americans are feeling pain at the pump—eighty to ninety cents more per gallon since the war began. That’s real money, real hardship, and nobody’s pretending otherwise.
But Eisen, unlike the perpetually outraged panel surrounding her, actually understands how markets work. She noted that if tensions ease or if Iran’s ability to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is neutralized, oil prices should fall. Markets, she pointed out, are already signaling lower prices later this year. The response from Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin? A dismissive chorus of “that’s a lot of ifs.”
Of course it is. Governing requires dealing with uncertainty, with variables, with the messy reality that there are no perfect solutions—only trade-offs. Hostin, never one to miss an opportunity for progressive posturing, blasted the war as a misuse of money that should be spent on Americans at home. It’s the same tired argument we’ve heard for decades: that every dollar spent abroad is a dollar stolen from domestic programs. But what Hostin and her ilk consistently fail to grasp is that energy security is economic security, and economic security is national security.
When Iran threatens the Strait of Hormuz, they’re not just threatening some faraway waterway—they’re threatening the global economy and American livelihoods. Eisen’s willingness to acknowledge both the short-term pain and the long-term economic logic behind the administration’s Iran policy stands in stark contrast to the reflexive opposition that defines so much of our political discourse today. When even a guest host on “The View” can see the bigger picture, perhaps there’s hope that the rest of the country can too. Providence watches over the bold.
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