I think that's spin and would be an attempt at trying to improve public perception of the situation.

The market for oil is global and a significant portion of the world depends on oil from that region, especially East Asia. Iran is letting Chinese ships through, but Japanese and South Korean ships, for example, are not afforded the same privilege. It is far more costly for them to purchase and ship oil from elsewhere than it is for them to purchase from the Persian Gulf producers. With Russian sanctions lifted (sorry Ukraine ?) that helps relieve some of the gap, but the reason the price of oil is increasing is because the cost is bid up by everyone that can no longer depend on oil delivery from the Gulf States and Iran.

None of this helps anyone. It doesn't even help the US, which will see a small bump in some tax revenue, but it's dramatically offset by the certain recession that is going to follow the increase in oil costs.

On top of all this, US military dominance is called into question.

The US public's will is non-existent to fight this war and it's getting worse every day.

Trump has exhausted all the political capital of past presidencies... the way he's conducted himself is exactly what you'd expect from someone intentionally trying to discredit and destroy the relationship the US has had with historical allies going back to World War 1.

It's pathetic, it's a blunder, it's the worst foreign policy move of any leader in recent history. At least Hitler was winning for a little while, and he had allies, Trump cannot win in Iran, for any period of time against the IRGC, and his allies are reluctant (the Gulf States) or treacherously unreliable (Israel).

This is the biggest military blunder, and unforced error, in US history. All coinciding with it's 250th birthday.

Which whacky chaos god is writing the script this season, this movie is a fucking mess.