Energy Secretary Chris Wright refused to rule out gas hitting $5 a gallon on average as Americans face a summer travel season defined by skyrocketing fuel costs. President Donald Trump’s military attacks on Iran and the subsequent Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz - through which 20 per cent of the global oil supply is transported - has seen U.S. gas prices soar. The average cost for a gallon was $4.52 Sunday, according to AAA . Before the war started in late February, the price was $2.98 per gallon and gas was $3.13 a gallon on average in mid-May 2025. Despite Wright saying in April that high gas prices would last “only a few weeks ,” he refused to be drawn on the $5 price point. “I'm just avoiding price predictions,” Wright told NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. “Gasoline and diesel prices are up, and they will remain up while this conflict's in place, and then they will come back down.…