Trump Announces Plan to Get Ships Out of Hormuz, Vows US Support

President Donald Trump said the US will help ships stranded in the Persian Gulf transit the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as a “humanitarian gesture” and testing his ability to...

By Arsalan Shahla, Omar Tamo · Bloomberg Markets

President Donald Trump said the US will help ships stranded in the Persian Gulf transit the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as a “humanitarian gesture” and testing his ability to restore traffic through the strategic waterway for the first time since the war with Iran began.