Iran <\/a>over the weekend.<\/p>\n\u201cCountries from all over the world, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly and violently for all to see, have asked the United States if we could help free up their ships, which are locked up in the Strait of Hormuz, on something which they have absolutely nothing to do with \u2014 They are merely neutral and innocent bystanders!\u201d Trump said in a post shared on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump highlighted the ships he is referring to were \u201cfrom areas of the world that are not in any way involved with that which is currently taking place in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have told my representatives to inform them that we will use our best efforts to get their ships and crews safely out of the Strait.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation and everything else.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis process, Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am fully aware that my representatives are having very positive discussions with the country of Iran, and that these discussions could lead to something very positive for all.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies and countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong \u2014 They are victims of circumstance. This is a humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern countries but, in particular, the country of Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of these ships are running low on food and everything else necessary for large-scale crews to stay on board in a healthy and sanitary manner,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n
Trump also confirmed that showing goodwill on behalf of all of those who have been fighting over the last several months was important.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf, in any way, this humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breaking News6 hours agoTrump announces \u2018Project Freedom,’ humanitarian effort to guide ships through Strait President Donald Trump announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,27304,451,829,2413,3,452,453,965],"class_list":["post-622226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-current-news","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news","tag-national-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}