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Baier pushes back on Trump's Strait of Hormuz claim: 'Traffic has slowed ... to a trickle'

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Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday pushed back on President Trump's claim that the U.S. "totally" controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down "to a trickle.

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  1. The Hill

    Baier pushes back on Trump's Strait of Hormuz claim: 'Traffic has slowed ... to a trickle' (opens The Hill)

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    Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday pushed back on President Trump's claim that the U.S. "totally" controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying that traffic through the waterway has slowed down "to a trickle.

  2. The New Republic

    Trump Sec. Flails When Fox News Wrecks Key Claim About Hormuz Strait (opens The New Republic)

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    Fox News is not buying the Trump administration’s claims that the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz instead of Iran. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright spoke to the network’s Bret Baier Thursday evening, and didn’t have a good answer when Baier asked him about the strait. “Mr.

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