U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that the world was only weeks away from running out of oil before a recent agreement helped ease tensions with Iran. Speaking at the G7 Summit in France, Trump said global reserves were dangerously low and warned that continued conflict could have triggered a major energy crisis and disrupted global shipping routes. He pointed to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passage for global oil trade, suggesting that tanker movement could have stopped entirely without a deal. His remarks come amid ongoing debate over energy security, military pressure, and the stability of global oil supply chains.

The US president said ships will start transmitting the key waterway on Friday, but allies gathered in France are wary largely because of mines and toll fears.

The months-long shutdown of the the crucial shipping route has rocked global oil markets and flowed through to all sorts of prices. How will the reopening change things, and how…