President Trump’s announcement on Sunday that the U.S. military would escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz is said to have angered Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who denied U.S. access to Saudi airspace and American bases in the country.

Prince Mohammed’s action stunned U.S. officials and forced Trump to abandon his plan, according to a U.S. military official familiar with the sequence of events.

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Source NewYork Times