WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Sunday evening that the United States will launch an operation Monday morning to assist vessels trapped in the Strait of Hormuz.
The president made the announcement through a post on his Truth Social platform, though he provided limited specifics about the mission, including whether naval forces would participate in the operation. Trump characterized the initiative as a “humanitarian gesture” designed to assist neutral nations uninvolved in the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
“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,” the president stated in his social media post.
Neither the White House nor Pentagon officials provided immediate responses when contacted for further details about the planned operation.
