Iraqchi: Based on our information and intelligence assessments, broad efforts are underway to manipulate and steer energy markets. Some elements of the U.S. government, using gullible and easily influenced media, are trying to influence prices for personal gain while, at the same time, keeping the U.S. president trapped in a war in which he has already lost. - Actors aligned with Israel, by providing optimistic and unrealistic assessments, are also seeking to promote and encourage the continuation of the war. - American consumers are paying the real cost of this situation