What Jon Favreau has said about Gas prices and inflation

5 quotes · 5 episodes · Mar 31, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026

Jon Favreau, Co-host of Pod Save America and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, has been quoted on Gas prices and inflation 5 times in 5 episodes of Pod Save America, most recently on June 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Favreau cautioned that voters expecting quick gas price relief may be disappointed.
“Just because the price of oil is falling doesn't mean that the price of gas will as well”
Pod Save America: Pool Me Twice, Shame On You (Jun 23, 2026) · Listen from 18:45
Prediction · due Nov 2026
Favreau predicts gas prices will fall by November but not return to pre-war levels.
“gas prices come down between now and November, but they don't end up where they were before this conflict started at all”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 25:12
Favreau predicts the war's economic fallout will burden JD Vance in the 2028 Republican primary.
“This is going to be an issue for J.D. Vance in the Republican primary and whoever decides to run against him from outside the administration”
Pod Save America: Cage Match Inside the White House (Jun 12, 2026) · Listen from 26:40
Prediction · due Nov 2026
Favreau predicted economic sentiment will not improve before Election Day even if the war ends immediately.
“I'm having a hard time imagining that people don't feel worse about the economy than they do today on Election Day”
Pod Save America: Strait Up War Crimes (Apr 7, 2026) · Listen from 37:37
Favreau says Iran is counting on American consumers' sensitivity to gas prices to create political problems for Trump.
“Iran is banking on the fact here that, you know, American consumers paying higher gas prices is going to cause a much bigger political problem for Donald Trump”
Pod Save America: SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts (Mar 31, 2026) · Listen from 23:28

Predictions

Prediction · due Nov 2026
Favreau predicts gas prices will fall by November but not return to pre-war levels.
“gas prices come down between now and November, but they don't end up where they were before this conflict started at all”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 25:12 · Gas prices and inflation
Prediction · due Nov 2026
Favreau predicted economic sentiment will not improve before Election Day even if the war ends immediately.
“I'm having a hard time imagining that people don't feel worse about the economy than they do today on Election Day”
Pod Save America: Strait Up War Crimes (Apr 7, 2026) · Listen from 37:37 · Gas prices and inflation

Episodes

Pool Me Twice, Shame On You
Pod Save America · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 h 39 min
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor discuss Iran talks, Trump's Reflecting Pool fiasco, the Qatari jet, and Bill Pulte; Tommy interviews Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan about Regime Change.
80-Year-Old Man Loses War
Pod Save America · Jun 16, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor assess Trump's Iran war-ending memo, the White House UFC event, and the Newsom probe; Sen. Mark Warner discusses Iran and intelligence nominees.
Cage Match Inside the White House
Pod Save America · Jun 12, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Jon Favreau and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's Iran deal claims, inflation remarks, White House infighting and the Epstein saga, then Ron Brownstein analyzes the 2026 midterm map.
Strait Up War Crimes
Pod Save America · Apr 7, 2026 · 1 h 37 min
Favreau, Lovett and Vietor discuss Trump's war-crime threats against Iran, the defense budget and deportations, then Lovett interviews Rep. Sarah McBride.
SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts
Pod Save America · Mar 31, 2026 · 1 h 31 min
Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett dissect Trump's Iran war, its economic fallout and the GOP's health-care-funded war bill, before Tommy Vietor interviews Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek.

Others on Gas prices and inflation

Jon Lovett · 4 quotes
Tommy Vietor · 4 quotes
Dan Pfeiffer · 4 quotes
Alex Wagner · 3 quotes
Megyn Kelly · 2 quotes
Jean Chatzky · 1 quote
Charles C. W. Cooke · 1 quote
Matt Mahan · 1 quote

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 3 quotes