President Trump’s frustration with media coverage of the war on Iran boiled over Thursday when he alleged that reporting from The New York Times was “seditious” and called CNN “stupid” and “the enemy.”

Verbal fusillades against the media are commonplace for Trump, but the unusually intense Thursday attack seemed emblematic of his frustration with a conflict that is not going well.

The price of oil has shot up, propelling costs at the pump for Americans to new highs. The national average gas price on Friday, according to AAA , was $4.39, up more than 30 cents in the last week alone.…