Confirmed, deleted, then clarified: US shifts stance on navy ‘escorting’ oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
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…