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The reversal came just two days after the president said the U.S. would guide vessels from neutral countries out of the strait.
Container ships sit at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Saturday. | Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP
A newly launched U.S. effort to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz is now on hold, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
The president announced in a social media post that the escorts will be “paused for a short period” while the U.S. and its allies pursue an agreement to end the war with Iran.
