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Trump calls Iran ‘all talk and no action,’ touts ‘Wall of Steel’ US Navy blockade as more oil flows out of Strait of Hormuz

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 528 words · By Ronny Reyes
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Trump calls Iran ‘all talk and no action,’ touts ‘Wall of Steel’ US Navy blockade as more oil flows out of Strait of Hormuz See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Trump calls Iran ‘all talk and no action,’ touts ‘Wall of Steel’ US Navy blockade as more oil flows out of Strait of Hormuz See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Wednesday that the US has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz, one day after Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed increasing oil exports from the crucial waterway as Iran’s economy…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Doubt: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 95% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “On Sunday alone, over 20 million barrels left the Arabian gulf region”
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Multiple independent sources report the claim made by Energy Secretary Wright that over 20 million barrels left the Arabian Gulf region on Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arabian World Cup is a Group 1 horse race in France open to purebred Arabian horses aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is sch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_World_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States in response to Saddam Hussein invading neighboring Kuwait on 2 August 1990. The coalition's efforts …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of abou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
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Claim 2: “The US renewed its blockade on Iranian ports last month”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the US reinstated/reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports after a brief lifting in mid-June.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid-19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Persia. While Persia was the object of British and Russian colonial intere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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Claim 3: “Only 84 vessels were recorded going through the strait last week, according to maritime data firm Kpler”
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While Kpler is mentioned as a source for vessel traffic (e.g., 55 crossings in May), none of the provided evidence specifically mentions the figure of '84 vessels' for the previous week.
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web search NEUTRAL — Commodity vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz recovered sharply in the week of 11 to 17 May, with 55 crossings recorded by Kpler, up from 19 the prior week, which was the lowest figure since t…
https://www.osinthq.org/2026/05/19/hormuz-pgsa-traffic-recov…
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web search NEUTRAL — US military created secret path through Hormuz, 10 million barrels of oil pass daily - report. US President Donald Trump told reporters "The Strait is open. A lot of boats are coming through, adding t…
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-906042
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Kpler, which monitors vessels through transponders and satellite data, more than 80% of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz during the past two weeks have used the Omani route. The…
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/us-gains-ground-i…
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Claim 4: “their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant TikTok search results and contains no information regarding the IRGC or Iranian soldiers' pay.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago · TikTok Live Archive is a free, public archive of recorded TikTok Live streams. TikTok doesn't keep lives online after they end, so a broadcast you miss is normally gone for good.
https://www.tiktoklivearchive.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch TikTok LIVE streams from the creators you follow or explore LIVE streams of gaming, lifestyle, chats, outdoors, talents, fashion, and more. Have fun interacting with others in real time.
https://www.tiktok.com/live
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web search NEUTRAL — 1259.5K viewers are watching live LIVE streams.
https://www.tiktok.com/live/explore/live
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Claim 5: “Under the previous US Navy blockade which lasted from April 13 through June 18, only about 2.1 million barrels of oil were escaping the strait every day”
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Evidence mentions a drop to 1.2 million barrels a day from mid-April to June 1, but does not confirm the specific date range of April 13 to June 18 or the specific figure of 2.1 million barrels daily.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. This narrow shipping route transports one third of all of the sea-transited oil on EARTH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udtVdDmSSoo
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web search NEUTRAL — From mid-April until June 1, the shipments fell to 1.2 million barrels a day, as Iran’s exports plunged and those of some Gulf states increased, according to Vortexa’s data.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/business/oil-strait-of-ho…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran closes Strait of Hormuz threatening global oil supplies as maritime tensions escalate over critical energy routes.
https://discoveryalert.com.au/iran-closes-strait-hormuz-us-b…
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Claim 6: “All they have is FAKE NEWS and 300% INFLATION”
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Claim 7: “President Trump claimed Wednesday that the US has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz”
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While evidence confirms Donald Trump is the 47th President and there is a conflict involving the Strait of Hormuz in 2026, none of the provided sources explicitly quote him claiming 'complete control' of the Strait on a Wednesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former se…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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Claim 8: “total oil flows are currently averaging approximately 15 million barrels per day”
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Multiple sources report that the Trump administration (specifically Energy Secretary Wright) claims total oil flows from the region are averaging approximately 15 million barrels per day.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 26th Arabian Gulf Cup, known as Khaleeji Zain 26 for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. The tournamen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي, Kaʾs al-Khalīj al-ʿArabī), also referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial association football competition governed by the Gulf Football Federa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Gulf_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UAE Pro League (Arabic: دوري المحترفين الإماراتي), also known as the ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE_Pro_League
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Claim 9: “the seven-day average of oil leaving the strait was up to almost nine million barrels per day”
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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed the seven-day average was nearly 9 million barrels per day, but JPMorgan estimates it was roughly 4 million barrels per day, creating a direct contradiction between sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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