We’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil: Trump claims US has been sneaking oil without Iran's knowledge

Donald Trump brought up the oil right after a report showed inflation surging.

Trump's comments come after Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Tuesday that oil exports through Hormuz are "rising very meaningfully" without elaborating further.

It’s unclear how the ‘millions of barrels’ Trump spoke of would have been removed without Tehran’s knowledge

The president clarified comments he made on Wednesday about hundreds of millions of barrels of oil he claimed to have secretly taken from Iran.

"Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission... this effort has resulted in more than 100 MILLION Barrels of Oil making its way through the Strait"

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President Donald Trump made headlines after claiming the United States has been secretly moving massive amounts of oil through the Strait of Hormuz without Iran knowing.

Trump said that the US executed a secret mission through which over 200 commercial ships travelled through the Strait of Hormuz. | World News

Trump said in a social media post that the U.S. military helped get 100 million barrels of oil through the strait without Iran's knowledge.

The president referred to this as a “secret mission” that he says was conducted last month.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States had successfully helped move more than 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the United States had secretly facilitated the movement of millions of barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz without…

We’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil: Trump claims US has been sneaking oil without Iran's knowledge

The maths doesn't appear to hold up, even though the US has likely managed to get some oil out of the strait.