'Staggering ineptitude': Trump official lights up internet as blunder sparks market frenzy

Energy Secretary Chris Wright lit up the internet Tuesday after his social media post about Navy tanker escorts sent oil markets into a frenzy.

The post, which has since been deleted, left Wall Street reeling from what one expert called "an unforgivable error," according to the Wall Street Journal. The tweet, which cost traders $84 million in minutes, claimed the U.S. Navy was escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, causing crude futures to nosedive. Department of Energy officials later admitted...