Chris Wright claimed the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, was accused on Tuesday of manipulating global markets after he posted a striking claim on social media: The American Navy, he wrote, had “successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing.” The post on X was deleted minutes later, after “oil prices slid at their steepest pace in years…

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