On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will help stranded vessels in the Persian Gulf navigate through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.

The president said "Project Freedom" will help "neutral and innocent" countries who have hundreds of vessels stuck in the Iran-gripped strait.

Thus, whereas nine ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in both directions on Saturday, on Sunday, according to Bloomberg, only two Iranian commercial vessels did this