Trump administration stretches definition of a ceasefire

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The Trump administration remains adamant that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains in place despite Iranian attacks on U.S. Navy and commercial vessels and the United Arab Emirates in recent days.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. military would begin guiding commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz to keep them safe from Iranian attacks, in what the Pentagon has dubbed “Project Freedom.”

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