Trump says US secretly moved 100 million barrels of oil past Iran. Reports suggest it wasn’t a secret

JUST NOW: President Trump has confirmed that a secret U.S. military operation successfully escorted more than 100 million barrels of oil safely into the open market.

Under the direct, confidential command of the White House, more than 200 commercial ships successfully bypassed… pic.twitter.com/XGaG2ZHt5z

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Operation was reported weeks earlier

However, The New York Times reported that the operation referenced by Trump was not entirely secret and had been publicly reported weeks earlier.

Citing a senior US military official, the newspaper reported US Central Command had been helping commercial vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz while taking precautions to avoid detection. The official said more than 200 ships had been guided through the waterway over the past month, up from around 70 vessels reported earlier.

The report added that some ships switched off their transponders during the passage and used routes farther from Iran’s coastline, reducing the risk of attacks from Iranian drones or missiles. Shipping analysts told the newspaper that vessels appeared to be travelling closer to Omani waters.

The Strait of Hormuz, which lies between Iran and Oman, is one of the world’s most critical oil transit routes. According to figures cited by Reuters from the US Energy Information Administration, about one-fifth of global oil consumption passes through the narrow waterway, making any disruption a major concern for international energy markets.

As tensions between Washington and Tehran persist, security operations in and around the strait continue to draw close attention from governments, shipping companies and energy traders worldwide.

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