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Sat · 13 Jun 2026

Trump Promises Oil Price Drop Once Hormuz Is "Straightened Out"

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Trump Promises Oil Price Drop Once Hormuz Is "Straightened Out"

🛢️ HORMUZ — He's promising the outcome, not the mechanism. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Trump framing Hormuz resolution as an oil price fix tells markets he needs the strait open before November politics bite. But "straightened out" has no timeline, no condition, no verified path — with 129 vessels redirected, Hezbollah ceasefire collapsed, and the MOU unsigned. The promise signals domestic pressure, not diplomatic progress. Tehran now knows waiting has a cost Trump is publicly admitting.

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