Why Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ doesn’t make sense as a ‘humanitarian’ mission ^55.8%

MS NOW - By Zeeshan Aleem - 5/5/2026, 10:00 AM

Negativity Bias 33.2% - Biased Writer Voice 31.4% - Confirmation Bias 15.7%

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday the launch of what he called “Project Freedom,” an effort to use the U.S. military to help “guide” ships that have been left stranded in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s effective closure of the waterway. But, typical of Trump’s policy rollouts, this operation has been so slapdash that it has been... more