Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
President Trump is in Ireland this weekend.
He started off his two-day trip with the country's prime minister.
During those discussions, Trump was asked about the drone attack
that forced Saudi Arabia to shut down its east-west oil pipeline near the Persian Gulf.
Trump said Iran was most likely responsible.
They're on the balls of their feet right now, but I think they are.
They've been in charge of that for a while.
We've had discussions.
Trump is also scheduled to hold talks with Irish President Catherine Connolly.
The Saudi pipeline had become a key alternative for moving oil around the Strait of Hormuz,
where shipping has been disrupted for months.
Its shutdown could add even more pressure to energy prices.
Stocks on Wall Street, for the most part, fell this week as energy prices soared.
NPR's Scott Horsley reports a market rally on Friday wasn't enough to reverse losses earlier in the week.
An escalation of the U.S.
War with Iran pushed crude oil prices higher.
Retail gasoline prices in the U.S.
Jumped about 15 cents a gallon during the week,
while the price of diesel fuel topped $6 a gallon for the first time ever.