White House denies US Navy escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz, contradicting Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s claim
The White House said the United States had not escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, contradicting a now-deleted social media post by US energy secretary Chris Wright. At a press briefing on Tuesday (March 10), White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected the claim that the United States Navy had accompanied a…