Americans are increasingly bleak about their own finances as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran continues into another week of an uneasy ceasefire, an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel finds. As gas prices have reached a four-year high because of the war, half of Americans expect gas prices to increase even more in the next year, 4 in 10 say they are not as well off as they were when President Donald Trump returned to the White House and nearly a quarter say they are falling behind financially. Most Americans say that using the U.S. military against Iran was a mistake, are not confident that an agreement with Iran will prevent them from developing nuclear weapons and say that U.S. military action in Iran has increased the risk of terrorism against Americans.In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed, traffic moves past a sign for a Mobil gas station on April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore.Jenny Kane/APAnd a large majority of Americans -- including a slim majority of Republicans -- had a negative reaction to Trump's social media post earlier this month saying that "A whole civilization will die tonight."EconomyAn increasing share of Americans say they are
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