Invoking the mantle of a global mediator, President Donald Trump late Sunday announced the immediate activation of “Project Freedom,” a high-stakes, U.S.-led initiative designed to shepherd foreign vessels through the increasingly volatile Strait of Hormuz.
The announcement comes as the narrow waterway—the world’s most critical arterial chokepoint for global energy—sits at the heart of a deepening geopolitical fracture between Washington and Tehran. The urgency of the mission was underscored earlier Sunday by reports from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center…
