Trump: Oil Flow Through Hormuz at Highest Level Since Iran War

The significance lies less in the flow figure itself than in the framing: Washington is presenting the world's most critical oil chokepoint as functioning normally, which is a political claim as much as a logistical one. The linkage between conflict duration and lower prices puts the burden of proof on an eventual de-escalation that has not materialized. The open question is whether the flow levels Trump cites hold if the conflict widens, and whether oil markets treat the price pledge as a signal or as rhetoric.