Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Trump weighs in on UAE leaving OPEC in the middle of Iran war energy crisis Hegseth won’t say if he advised Trump to attack Iran during heated hearing U.S. President Donald Trump has welcomed the United Arab Emirates' move to pull out of OPEC and said he thinks it could help lower oil prices. "I think it's great," Trump said Wednesday when asked by reporters at the White House what he thought of the UAE 's decision. The UAE, one of the group's biggest producers, said Tuesday that it was quitting OPEC, dealing a blow to the group as an unprecedented energy crisis caused by the Iran war exposes discord among Gulf nations. "I think ultimately it's a good thing for getting the price of gas down, getting oil down, getting everything down," Trump said.…