Trump’s new 'Project Freedom' — Everything you need to know

Recently, US President Donald Trump has announced a new initiative, "Project Freedom."

Trump announced that the US will help "guide" ships that have been stranded due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait has remained largely blocked since the US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran—and Tehran responded by blocking the crucial waterway through which 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas is meant to pass freely.

The president said the US had been asked by countries "from all over the world" to help free up their ships, which were "locked up in the Strait of Hormuz" and were "merely neutral and innocent bystanders!"

And so, in response, the US would "guide their ships safely out of these restricted waterways."

"The ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong—they are victims of circumstance," Trump said in the post on his Truth Social platform.

He added this was "a humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States and Middle Eastern countries, but, in particular, the country of Iran"—as many of these vessels were "running low on food and everything else necessary for large-scale crews to stay on board in a healthy and sanitary manner."