🇺🇸 Trump on Russia🇷🇺

Signals Oil Sanctions Relief + Hormuz Escort Plan

Trump says the US is temporarily waiving some oil related sanctions to help bring prices down.

That could allow additional barrels, including Russian crude already at sea, to reach the market.

He also added a second signal to traders:

If needed, the US Navy and allied forces will escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

The message from Washington:

• Add supply where possible
• Keep the Hormuz artery open
• Prevent oil prices from spiraling higher

#oott #Russia

🚨 Trump Offers US Naval Escorts For Tankers In Hormuz

🇺🇸 is moving to stabilize oil markets

After the latest disruptions in the Gulf, President Trump said the United States will take several steps to keep energy flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20% of global oil supply normally transits.

🛢 What #Trump Announced

The administration is preparing multiple measures to keep tankers moving:

• Political risk insurance for vessels operating in the Gulf
• Temporary waivers on some oil-related sanctions to increase supply
• Possible US Navy escorts for tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz

Trump said the objective is clear:

➡️ End attacks on commercial shipping
➡️ Keep oil markets supplied
➡️ Lower fuel prices for American consumers

Washington’s message now is that shipping lanes will remain open, even if military escorts become necessary.

#oott #Iran

🇺🇸 Trump on Oil Prices

Trump says the spike in oil was expected:

“I knew oil prices would go up if I did this. And they’ve gone up probably less than I thought they would.”

Translation for markets:

🛢️ The White House expected a war premium in oil
📉 But believes the spike should remain contained

Was this the peak, or just the first move?

#Trump #oott

🇺🇸 Trump on Oil and the US Position

Trump says the oil shock hits other countries far harder than the United States.

“The United States isn’t really affected. We have so much oil. Tremendous oil and gas, much more than we need.”

The message to markets:

• The US sees itself as energy secure
• Price spikes are viewed as more damaging for import-dependent economies
• Washington believes domestic supply cushions the shock

#oott #Trump

🚨Putin Orders Review of Halting Energy Supplies to Europe

Russia’s president has reportedly instructed the government to examine the possibility of stopping all energy exports to Europe.

If implemented, the move would affect:

• Natural gas flows
• Oil and refined products
• Other energy commodities

For Europe this would be significant.

Even after years of diversification, parts of the continent still rely on Russian energy flows and global replacements tied to them.

Markets would likely react through:

⚠️ Higher European gas prices (TTF)
⚠️ Increased competition for LNG cargoes
⚠️ Renewed volatility in global energy markets

#Energy is once again a geopolitical weapon.

#oott #LNG #Putin #Russia

🚨 One of the Wildest Days in OIL Market History

The last 24 hours in April 2026 WTI futures may be the most volatile session in 40+ years of crude trading.

📊 What happened:

• $35 trading range
• +30% spike on the Sunday night open
• −30% collapse during the following session

A full round trip shock in less than 24 hours.

This wasn’t normal volatility.

It was the market rapidly pricing war risk… and then policy intervention.

#oott

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇳 Trump threatens to hit Iran "TWENTY TIMES HARDER" if they disrupt oil in the Strait of Hormuz, then calls the entire operation "a gift from the United States to China."

Keeping the Strait open was always the real objective.

And now he's leveraging it as a bargaining chip with Beijing.

In a massive development, tankers are now lining up to traverse the Straight of Hormuz with their transponders flipped off.

The IRGC's Hormuz shut-down has effectively come to an end in less than two weeks.