With gas near $4.50 a gallon, President Trump is right to call for a TEMPORARY suspension of the gas tax as a short-term affordability tax cut for more than 100 million drivers and truckers. He proposes doing this until gas prices go down, then he would phase the tax back in.

Trump’s plan may need Congressional approval, so let’s see how those “affordability” Democrats vote on this one.  The current federal gas tax is 18.4 cents a gallon and the federal diesel tax is 24.3 cents. This would save drivers about $3 per fill-up.

An even better idea is for states with high gas taxes to slash or temporarily suspend their add-on gas taxes.

You will never guess, by the way, which state has the nation’s highest gas tax.

California at over 70 cents a gallon is way on top of the list, which partially explains why gas prices in L.A. and San Francisco are well above $6 a gallon at the pump.

Here are the 13 states that charge 40 cents or more tax per gallon.  Most are deep blue states.

Indiana and Georgia have suspended their gas taxes in full and Utah has implemented a temporary cut in recent weeks. What are the other states waiting for?