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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 138 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Wright posted that "the US Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets," crediting President Donald Trump with "maintaining stability of global energy during the military operations against Iran."

Within hours, a senior source in the IRGC's naval force told Iranian outlet Iran Now that the claim "has no basis in truth," insisting that no US-escorted tanker had transited the strait.

The source described the announcement as part of a "media war and attempts to mislead public opinion," adding that the strait remains under "precise surveillance" by Iranian forces and that "any military movement in the area is fully monitored."

Wright subsequently deleted the post without public explanation, undermining a week of administration messaging aimed at convincing the world that commercial traffic would soon resume.

For an administration that relies so heavily on propaganda lies, they are remarkably terrible at lying.

In any case, even if it were true and not a pathetic lie, Donald Trump would deserve no credit for slightly mitigating the problems Donald Trump caused when Donald Trump decided to start bombing Iran and slaughtering its civilians.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At a certain point the propaganda stops making any sense on purpose. It's not designed to deceive. It's used to identify resistance.

[–] madde@feddit.org 16 points 2 days ago

the timeline in which the IGRC's public statement are more trustworthy than US officials...

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Flood the zone with shit" means it's more important to tell many lies fast than to tell any lies well.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They have always been bad at lying. Every lie this administration tells is obviously transparent, if they were good enough to concoct a reasonable lie they would be intelligent enough to not get involved in a war with an oil producing country without first restocking their oil reserves. No one this administration has any brains at all.