Baier pushes back on Trump’s Strait of Hormuz claim: ‘Traffic has slowed … to a trickle’

Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday pushed back 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 We

Traffic is about 90% lower than the daily average of 130 ships that transited Hormuz before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

The conflict between the U.S. and Iran has spread to the Red Sea and another strategic shipping route.

Strait of Hormuz traffic drops to seven ships as US-Iran deal hopes fade  thenationalnews.com

NEW DELHI, Aug 11 - Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran.

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to six on Monday, compared with a 10-day average of about 11 vessels, shipping data showed, amid fading hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran. Four commodity vessels, including two empty oil product tankers, enter

Gulf shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz falls to six vessels  Reuters

Oil Rises Amid Growing Doubts That Strait of Hormuz Can Reopen Soon  WSJ