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Trump says US will 'help free up' ships stuck in Hormuz Strait
BREAKING, US president says any interference with operation, which will start on Monday, will ‘have to be dealt with forcefully’.President Donald Trump has said that the United States will “free up” ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday, suggesting that his administration will break the Iranian blockade on the strategic waterway.Trump’s said on Sunday that the push – dubbed Project Freedom – would be a “humanitarian gesture”, warning Iran against interfering with the operation.“Many of these Ships are running low on food, and everything else necessary for largescale crews to stay on board in a healthy and sanitary manner,” the US president wrote in a social media post.“I think it would go a long way in showing Goodwill on behalf of all of those who have been fighting so strenuously over the last number of months. If, in any way, this Humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully.”Trump said he told his representatives to inform Iranian officials that the US will “use best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait”.More to come…
Trump says US will help free ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabWASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States would begin an effort to free up ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday morning.Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site, gave few details about the operation, including whether the U.S. Navy would be involved. He described the effort as a "humanitarian gesture" meant only to aid neutral countries that were not involved in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Sign up here."For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on with their business," Trump wrote in the post.The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for additional information.Reporting by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Nia WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab
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