DEVELOPING: TRUMP NOT DELUSIONAL ON STRAIT BEING OPEN 15-20 TANKERS PROTECTED BY US F-16s TRANSITING DAILY POTENTIAL ATTACK ON ROMANIAN GAS EXPORT FACILITY AVERTED SWALWELL BACK IN NEWS: PHONE CONFISCATED AT SFO HOME RAIDED
[AUGUST 20, 2026 (11:30 AM PDT)] Several stories I have picked-up on this morning which have not peculated into the MSM, critical thinkers, First, while most have been weighing-in on Trump's repeated claims that the Strait of Hormuz was open and tankers flowing through as "delusional," AXIOS has posted this story: US CONDUCTING STEALTH OPERATION TO TRANSPORT OIL THROUGH HORMUZ Under the operation, which has been underway for the last several weeks, 15–20 tankers have entered and exited the strait each night through a southern channel along the coast of Oman. About 10 million barrels of oil a day — roughly half the pre-war volume — are being transported out of the strait and injected into the global energy market, the officials said. The task force is coordinating with regional Gulf partners. It creates a daily list of ships coming out of the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Arabian Sea, as well as a list of rented empty tankers that travel from the Arabi...