Trump Now Lying About “Record” Amount of Oil Passing Through Strait (opens in new tab)

President Donald Trump blatantly lied about how much oil is actually travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, amid growing backlash to his peace deal. In a post on Truth Social Tuesday, Trump bragged that the 19 million barrels of oil that flowed through the strait on Monday constituted “an all time RECORD.”That’s a complete lie. Before the U.S. attacked Iran, an average of 20 million barrels of oil passed through the strait every day, according to the IAEA—more than Trump’s so-called “all ti...