Inside ‘Project Freedom,’ Trump’s Aborted Bid to Reopen the Persian Gulf
- Posted on May 8, 2026
- By The Wall Street Journal
- 0 Views
- 1 min read
Inside ‘Project Freedom,’ Trump’s Aborted Bid to Reopen the Persian Gulf
The U.S. military extricated a pair of vessels, but triggered an escalation from Iran that reinforced Tehran’s grip on the world’s most important energy shipping lane.