In a post Monday on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said “Project Freedom,” which he described as referring to ship movements through the Strait of Hormuz, would be paused for a short period “to determine whether a final agreement can be concluded and signed.”
He said the decision took into account requests from Pakistan and other countries, what he called “tremendous success” in U.S. military operations against Iran, and “substantial progress” toward a “complete and final” agreement with Iranian representatives.
The move suggested Trump is putting greater emphasis on ceasefire talks after launching the escort operation for commercial vessels transiting the strait a day earlier.
Trump added that maritime blockade measures against Iran would remain in place, indicating the United States would keep its core pressure point — control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — while deciding next steps based on whether talks continue to advance.
In an interview with Fox News the previous day, Trump issued a stark warning about the “Project Freedom” operation to help commercial ships he said were trapped in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that if Iran tried to target U.S. vessels, Iran’s military would “disappear from the face of the Earth.”
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