Devils advocate here:
Why do we give a shit?
Full of oil/no oil? We all know there's lies on all sides of this story.
You could be right... But....pr wise it's irrelevant.
"Mission accomplished guys! We interdicted the blockade breaker attempt!"
No one really takes Trump as factually accurate anymore. He speaks in grandiose hyperbole nonsense terms and let's his technically qualified minions do the specifics on real data.