Baier Pushes Back on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Claim: ‘Traffic Has Slowed … to a Trickle’
Baier pressed Wright on vessel-traffic data and said Iran still controls the passage, while Wright argued transponder shutdowns are obscuring oil flows.
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Fox News anchor in blistering fact-check of Trump cabinet official on Iran, energy prices
A top Fox News anchor gave some serious pushback on claims by the Trump administration that the US has control of the Strait of Hormuz. In an interview on “Special Report” on Fox on Thursday night, host Bret Baier asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “Mr. Secretary, you can concede, can’t you, that the U.S. doesn’t have total control over the Strait of Hormuz?”
'Flummoxed' Trump official has his words thrown back in his face: 'Doesn't sound like it'
President Donald Trump's Secretary of Energy Chris Wright got more of a grilling than many might expect on Fox News Thursday evening.Wright emphasized the administration is committed to bringing national average gas prices down to $3 a gallon — but struggled to answer any basic follow-up questions."If this continues, this back and forth with Iran, what does that price look like as we head into the fall?" asked anchor Bret Baier."I have no clairv…
‘That Does Not Sound Like Total Control’: Bret Baier Presses Energy Secretary Over Iran
Fox News host Bret Baier cast serious doubt on Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s defense of President Donald Trump’s recent claims about the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, bluntly observing, “That does not sound like total control.” On Tuesday evening, Trump told reporters, referencing the country’s ongoing war with Iran, “We totally control the Strait of Hormuz.” Last weekend, however, CBS News reported that Iran’s Supreme National Security Counci…
On Fox News, Bret Baier brutally fact checks President Donald Trump
Fox News anchor Bret Baier pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claim that the United States has “total” control of the Strait of Hormuz. He pointed to a sharp fall in commercial traffic through the key waterway. During Wednesday’s edition of Special Report, Baier examined Trump’s comments about the strait and compared them with data...
Baier pushes back on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz claim: ‘Traffic has slowed … to a trickle’
Fox News host Bret Baier pushed back Wednesday on President Trump’s claim that the U.S. “totally” controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down “to a trickle.” “Usually, about one-fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas trade moves through there as well,” Baier said on Wednesday’s episode of “Special…
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