> “The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” Trump told reporters during a Saturday meeting in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin. “They don’t want us to go after them,” and “they would much prefer not having us involved,” he added.
> As hostilities escalated, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called Trump twice on Thursday and asked him to strike the Houthis, according to an Axios report citing two unnamed US officials.
> Trump confirmed the conversation without elaborating. “I have had a call with MBS. He’s a good friend of mine,” Trump said Saturday. “I can just say everything’s going to work out fine and dandy. It’s going to be very good.”
> Asked whether Iran was responsible for a Thursday attack that forced the closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, Trump said bluntly: “I think they are.”
> Still, Trump appeared to shrug off attacks by Houthis in the area, highlighting the militant group’s appeal for a reprieve from Washington. “They’re letting most ships go through,” Trump said. “It’s just one country that they’re not too happy with, and we’ll get that straightened out.”
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So what’s the plan here? Just let the Houthis cause chaos with these illegal seizures?
On that note, it’s super clear that eliminating Khamenei has completely backfired. There’s a bunch of reporting that the piece of shit was indecisive and vacillating; the IRGC and Ghalibaf, which has been empowered through his elimination, are both more agrressive and confrontational. Disaster
>It’s just one country that they’re not too happy with, and we’ll get that straightened out.”
Saudi or Israel? I figured it’s the former but they strike the latter as well.
>”The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” Trump told reporters during a Saturday meeting in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin. “They don’t want us to go after them,” and “they would much prefer not having us involved,” he added.
Iranians realizing they could have just said this back in February
You really have to wonder if conservatives have any shame or self awareness to keep supporting a President who hand waves away things like this after they basically had strokes with Biden not being harsher on the Houthis.
″And I, Donald J. Trump, being a magnanimous individual, obliged their requests. I′m both strategic and accommodating.″
Didn’t realize the “Last person to talk to him” rule extended to insurgencies