Hi there, everyone. It's four o'clock in New York on a Friday. Donald Trump's chaos,

incompetence, and governing at a time of war by true social post has come back to Biden and the

you know what when it comes to the war with Iran. An abrupt decision to launch an

operation led to pushback from stalwart allies of the United States in the region and a

humiliating public climb down by Donald Trump. Multiple outlets, including NBC News, the Wall Street

Journal, and the New York Times are today able to report that Donald Trump

was forced to stop but the administration had dubbed Project Freedom and announced.

It was a plan to help ships cross the Strait of Hormuz.

After Saudi Arabia refused to let the U.S. military use its bases in airspace.

Here's how NBC News describes it, quote, Trump's surprised Gulf

allies. By announcing Project Freedom on social media Sunday afternoon, the official said,

angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. The call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman

did not resolve the issue the two U.S. officials said, forcing the president to

pause Project Freedom in order to restore U.S. military access to the critical airspace.

Donald Trump angered other allies in the region as well. The Middle Eastern diplomat with knowledge

as a matter told our colleague David Rode that Donald Trump

failed to tell Oman, the country that sits on the other side of the Strait of Ormuse from Iran.

Other outlets report that Kuwait and Qatar were not informed either. The Trump administration

insists that allies were notified in advance. Donald Trump claimed on true social that the operation was paused

because of progress in negotiations, but there is no known reporting to suggest that that is actually

the case. Regardless, the operation was not going particularly well for the United States. Just two ships

made it through the Strait of Hormuz in 36 hours.

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