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The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a "short period of time", Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening.

Project Freedom was meant to help restore the flow of oil from the region and the global economy's eventual return to normalcy by guiding stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed waterway.

But if during the "pause", global shipping firms and the insurance companies working with them are stymied by Iranian interference, it will be difficult for Trump to claim that objective has been achieved.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Every fucking time 🫩

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

Say you are getting your ass kicked without saying you are getting your ass kicked. Stupidest and weakest leader in history.

a.k.a. It's been too long since we got a fat check from polymarket betting

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

TACO Tuesday! Amazing his handlers even let him out of bed on Tuesdays anymore.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 12 points 1 day ago

Shart of the deal

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 16 points 1 day ago

Look, DJT is a huge pedophile with very very tiny hands. What a piece of shit.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Project Freedom is escorting ships out of Hormuz right? Didn't we just get news yesterday of a ship being hit by a projectile from an "unknown source"?

So they figured ships can still be shot at even if you surround them with escorts, huh?

Geniuses, these guys.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I wonder if they can't find volunteers to rescue, boats are real expensive.

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Didn't the founders call it project freedom?

And now's the time to pause it. Got it.

spoiler:P

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

oh, it is about iran... i read the headline and thought he is talking about his attempts to steal the elections....

[–] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago
[–] newton@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago

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