The White House's Oil Numbers Don't Add Up The recent assertion by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright that more oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz than before the Iran war may seem like a minor issue.
However, it highlights the current state of politics in the United States, where politicians have long been accused of manipulating numbers and facts to suit their agendas.
Wright's claim that 17 million barrels of oil flowed through the Strait on August 31 appears to be based on adding up transfers over multiple days into a single day.