EDINBURG, Texas - Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn't require difficult decisions.

"Is it going to be groceries this week?" asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher.

"Is it gonna be getting gas in our tank to go to work?" He shook his head when asked about President Donald Trump's assertion last week that higher gas prices are a small price to pay for the war with Iran.