Confirmed, deleted, and then clarified. After Donald Trump's aide claimed in a boastful tone that the American navy had “successfully escorted” an oil tanker through the troubled Strait of Hormuz, the post was quickly deleted. The White House later clarified that the United States had not escorted any oil tanker through the key waterway, which remains at the centre of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Energy secretary Chris Wright had written in a now-deleted post on X, “The US Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets.”
