US Energy Secretary Chris Wright deletes X post announcing US navy had escorted an oil tanker | Crypto Craft
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  • A Wright Mess: US Energy Secretary Posts US Escorted Tanker In Straits Of Hormuz, Then Immediately Deletes It

    From zerohedge.com

    Game-changer? Oil dropped on the huge headline that the United States Navy has escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz: US NAVY ESCORTED AN OIL TANKER THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WRIGHT'S POST ON HORMUZ OIL TANKER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DELETED Newsquawk notes right away crude complex extends on recent weakness, lifting stocks to fresh highs, as US Navy escorted oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. This was quickly met with White House 'confirmation' (of sorts), in a now deleted tweet by Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "President Trump is maintaining stability of global energy during the military ... (full story)

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ffghost
Mar 10, 2026 12:52pm
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Oooh - shoot....I mean, it's a LITTLE different, because sattelites are tracking the ships, but....

Who remembers April 7th? And then April 9th? 6% up move in /nq on the 7th, which was retraced...then the 12% up day on "it's a good time to buy -DJT" tweet.

Time to take some large, out of the money bets here????




On April 7, 2025, a false report, amplified by an X (formerly Twitter) account known as "Walter Bloomberg" (@DeItaone), claimed that the White House was considering a 90-day pause on all tariffs except those on China. The tweet, which appeared around 10 a.m. ET, caused a temporary, massive rally in the stock market before the White House denied the report as "fake news," causing the gains to reverse.
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ffghost
Mar 10, 2026 1:04pm
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Quoting Vancarbon
This is the Energy Secretary ! Does anyone liaise within this administration ? Headless Chickens
I'm hoping for "leaked to test the market reaction and, thereby, weighing the risks/benefits to enacting the plan in the future". Yeah, the Energy Secretary had to fall on a sword here, but some assistant talking to the press wasn't going to get it done.

Either that, or the Occam's razor approach of: the tweet was prepped and then someone hit "send" too soon.

The thing that makes me wonder is: the world could call the administration on this immediately (because of real-time ship tracking), so maybe it was just a guffaw?

Total conspiracy theory? This was queued up to distract from/combat a negative CPI impact tomorrow and, again, it was sent too soon. But, that's me going WAY out on a limb.
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Vancarbon
Mar 10, 2026 12:51pm
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What a shambles !
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Vancarbon
Mar 10, 2026 12:54pm
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This is the Energy Secretary !

Does anyone liaise within this administration ?

Headless Chickens
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Danger-Mouse
Mar 10, 2026 4:09pm
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Bimbo Leavitt has sorted it out. I believe her. She has never once told lies
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SoftPorridge
Mar 10, 2026 1:28pm
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Sell n buy stops triggered n straight to SL
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Fractality
Mar 10, 2026 12:50pm
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I wonder what are they trying to hide with these maneuvers
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othmanebench
Mar 10, 2026 1:24pm
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Welcome to 2025, where big money does stop hunts thru Twitter to and fill in their longs!
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Trader#66BB
Mar 10, 2026 12:43pm
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Called it total lie
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Trader#9600
Mar 10, 2026 12:49pm
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The size of the market manipulation... Someone is making huge money off of it ...
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Trader#4018
Mar 10, 2026 12:58pm
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imagine if you sell 100m, you immediately earned 100m in 5m without stress
;d
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Trader#72C4
Mar 10, 2026 1:20pm
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MAGA does not survive without lies.
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