Trump announced on Truth Social on the evening of Sunday May 3 (US time) that a US-led operation would begin Monday morning to move commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, backed by guided-missile destroyers, over 100 aircraft and roughly 15,000 personnel. Announcement broke outside US market hours on a Sunday evening.
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