Garret Exner appears on School of War to discuss the complicated news out of the Strait of Hormuz. What is President Donald Trump’s new plan, Project Freedom? Does it put the ceasefire at risk? What’s really happening in this critical waterway?
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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)