Houthis surrender to US in five-word plea to Donald Trump
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At a press event today, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Houthis have agreed to stop bombing ships and the U.S. will stop their retalitory air strikes.
"We had some very good news last night. The Houthis have announced that they are not, or they've announced to us at least that they don't want to fight anymore. They just don't want to fight, and we will honor that," Trump began.
"And we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated, but more importantly, they, we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore. And that's what the purpose of what we were doing, so that's just news, we just found out about that," the U.S. President continued.
"So, I think it's very, very positive. They were knocking out a lot of ships going, as you know, sailing beautifully down the various seas. It wasn't just the canal, it was a lot of other places, and I will accept their word, and we are going to stop the bombing of the Houthis," Trump declared, immediately prompting a flurry of frantic questions from reporters.
The Houthis had been waging persistent missile and drone attacks against commercial and military ships in the region in what the group's leadership has described as an effort to end Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors. That has greatly reduced the flow of trade through the Red Sea corridor, which typically sees $1 trillion of goods move through it annually.
In March, Trump's administration launched strikes against Houthi rebels. The group had paused attacks in a self-imposed ceasefire until the U.S. launched a broad assault against the rebels in mid-March.
Prior to the announcement, the U.S. had increased its attacks on the Houthis, launching daily strikes since March 15 though early May, when President Donald Trump ordered a new, expanded campaign. He promised to use "overwhelming lethal force" until the Houthis stop their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, a vital trade corridor.
According to Central Command, the U.S. has been waging an "intense and sustained campaign" against the Houthis. In a statement over the weekend, the command said the U.S. has struck more than 1,000 targets in Yemen since Operation Rough Rider began. It hasn't provided details on the targets or how the data is compiled.
The rest of the press conference focused on tariffs, Canadian relations, and Trump teasing an 'announcement' scheduled for tomorrow.
The president didn't offer details but asserted that the Chinese are not doing business and that ships full of goods from China are turning around the Pacific Ocean.
He also hinted at a big announcement tomorrow. The president told reporters that he will make his mystery announcement Thursday or Friday before his trip to the Middle East next week, though it wasn't clear if the announcement was related to the trip.
Trump wouldn't say what the announcement was about but said it will be "one of the most important announcements" that have been made in many years "about a certain subject."
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It only took Trump about 2 months to put an end to the Houthis controlling shipping lanes.
Good! Then, if true, Trump has done something right. Let's hope he can comprehend that this is good and that trade wars are bad and start acting like a responsible chief executive.
Things are changing quickly. This may be an important month.
Count on it. And those who continue to poo poo the methods, will learn to give it time or...........share their fave crow recipe.
Oh please.
"if true"
No matter what happens, we already know that Trump supporters will claim it is good. Not only is that sickening to watch, it is boring.
I dont go by a single thing trump says, he is a pathological liar.
I do not believe anything Trump says either. Ergo my qualification of "if true". Did that on purpose, John.
trump should send vance, rubio, and hegseth to yemen, to get that peace deal signed ...
It is never a good idea to generalize.
I prefer critical thinking.
That was a prediction.
Then you have concluded based on observation of reality and sound logic that Trump is incompetent, irresponsible, dangerous, and does not care about the well-being of you or anyone else.
He is already acting like a responsible chief executive.
I made predictions too.
You may recall my prediction that covid came from the Wuhan lab and that Dr Fauci was up to his neck in the funding of gain-of-function research.
At the time it was called "a conspiracy theory."
You continue to (intentionally?) misremember our discussions.
At the time I stated that it was a legitimate, reasonable possibility that COVID-19 came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. And it still is a logical source but we still do not know for certain where and how COVID-19 originated. What I labeled a conspiracy theory was your absurd claim that China intentionally allowed COVID-19 to leave their nation because they wanted Trump to lose reelection. I explained how utterly ridiculous that was by noting that China does not want the world to see them as the source of the pandemic and holding the smoking gun. In response, you stated that China did not care what the world thought.
As for Fauci, you continue to exaggerate (and misrepresent). Fauci did NOT directly and intentionally fund gain of function research that would have resulted in the COVID-19 virus.
Critical thinking requires well verified facts and sound logic. That is step one, Vic.
Isn't it funny how many of those "conspiracy theories" turned out to be fact?
The Houthies said they would stop shooting at the ships, but they DIDN'T say they would stop shooting at Israel.
The truce was only between the Houthies and the US.
Maybe the Houthis capitulated , but i would not take trumps word for it. I wouldnt believe him if he said water was wet.
Ya, just maybe.
Yemen's Houthis announce 'air siege' of Israel following airport missile attack
Looks like Gaza will be occupied.
No more Biden or Susan Rice.
Unfortunately this news needs independent corroboration before popping corks on Napa Valley sparkling wine. Next problem will be Houthi missile attacks on Israel. Where are they getting hypersonic missiles, anyway?
There has been much skepticism surrounding what the Houthis claim to be hypersonic weapons and the capabilities they tout are more than outlandish.
A missile did hit just outside the Ben-Gurion International Airport a couple days ago but it did minor damage and did not directly hit the building as a hypersonic directable weapon would have had the capability to do. Several other standard ballistic missiles have penetrated Israeli airspace, so the fact that this one penetrated the "Iron Dome" is not proof that it was hypersonic.
Yes, I suspect the Houthi's are deploying rather crude ballistic missiles. Ballistic missiles are quite capable of achieving hypersonic speeds. The significant difference between ballistic and hypersonic missiles are the flight trajectories needed over large distances.
Iran produces solid fueled medium range ballistic missiles but an internet search shows only one of those is a two stage missile. According to this source the missile is named . Here's a photo I found on the internet, too.
Indeed. Interesting that all of the major news outlets covering the latest incident at Ben-Gurion airport make no mention of "hypersonic" in their telling of the stories. For example:
Reuters - Missile fired by Yemen's Houthis lands near Israel's main airport
CNN - Israel fails to intercept Houthi missile targeting its main airport, showing the limits of US efforts to weaken the group .
BBC - Netanyahu vows response after Houthi missile hits near Israel's main airport
NYT - Houthi Missile Hits Near Tel Aviv Airport
The only mention of "hypersonic" are in the stories quoting typically unreliable Houthi or Iranian sources. Most of the stories focus on the failure of the Israeli air defense system or the ineffectiveness of US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
Deutsche Welle was reporting the Houthi claim of a hypersonic missile early on in the story. IMO the fact that the missile made through Israeli defenses gave some initial credence to the rumor of a hypersonic missile.
I got the impression that everyone was surprised the missile actually landed on grounds of the Tel Aviv airport. That's a higher degree of accuracy than usual.
Indeed. Sounds like Netanyahu already made good on his promise of a response.
Israel hits Yemen's main airport in airstrike against Houthis