Trump Reveals Secret US Military Escort of 100 Million Barrels Through Hormuz — Contradicting His Own Energy Secretary (opens in new tab)

President Trump disclosed Wednesday that he secretly ordered the U.S. military last month to escort more than 200 commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, moving over 100 million barrels of oil to global markets — a revelation that retroactively contradicts his own administration's public denials about naval escort operations.