President Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz is open. Ship-tracking data says otherwise, and that gap explains why US fuel pumps have seen no relief more than five months after Iran choked off the world's busiest oil route.
Trump declared on social media in July that the strait was open for 'ALL Ship traffic' except Iran's, and he has since cast the US as the 'Guardian Angel' of the waterway. On 6 August he told reporters it was 'sort of open right now'. The numbers moving through it suggest otherwise.
