WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Houthi terrorists on Monday: stop shooting at the United States ships, or “the real pain is yet to come.”
The president released his statement on social media, adding that “the Iran-backed Houthi Terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks.”
“Many of their Fighters and Leaders are no longer with us,” Trump said. “We hit them every day and night — Harder and harder. Their capabilities that threaten Shipping and the Region are rapidly being destroyed.”
The president promised that these attacks will not stop until the Houthis cease shooting at American ships.
“Our attacks will continue until they are no longer a threat to Freedom of Navigation,” he said. “The choice for the Houthis is clear: Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you. Otherwise, we have only just begun, and the real pain is yet to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran.”
The Daily Wire’s Tim Pearce reported Sunday that the United States launched airstrikes against the Yemeni cities controlled by Iran-backed Houthi militants beginning Friday and running into Saturday. Those strikes came just a day after the United States hit the Houthi general command headquarters as the United States tries to stop the Houthis from striking Israel or commercial ships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
The attacks have also garnered unique attention in the United States after a journalist known for his critical pieces on Trump was inadvertently added, apparently by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, to a national security group chat in which top Trump officials discussed airstrikes in Yemen.
That chat included Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and other members of Trump’s inner circle.
The White House confirmed last week that the chat appeared to be authentic, and has since said that no classified information was shared. Hegseth has also pushed back against the notion that “war plans” were shared, and the entire Trump team has aggressively messaged that The Atlantic is a liberal, anti-Trump publication and that Goldberg himself is a hack.
Asked by NBC News on Saturday if he still has confidence in Hegseth and Waltz, Trump replied: “I do.”
“I think it’s just a witch hunt and the fake news, like you, talk about it all the time, but it’s just a witch hunt, and it shouldn’t be talked [about],” Trump told NBC.
He added: “We had a tremendously successful strike. We struck very hard and very lethal. And nobody wants to talk about that. All they want to talk about is nonsense. It’s fake news.”
Trump has repeatedly said that he isn’t familiar with the Signal app when pressed for specifics on whether his team should have been using it.
“I have no idea what Signal is. I don’t care what Signal is,” Trump said again Saturday. “All I can tell you is it’s just a witch hunt, and it’s the only thing the press wants to talk about, because you have nothing else to talk about. Because it’s been the greatest 100-day presidency in the history of our country.”
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Houthi terrorists on Monday: stop shooting at the United States ships, or “the real pain is yet to come.”
The president released his statement on social media, adding that “the Iran-backed Houthi Terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks.”
“Many of their Fighters and Leaders are no longer with us,” Trump said. “We hit them every day and night — Harder and harder. Their capabilities that threaten Shipping and the Region are rapidly being destroyed.”
The president promised that these attacks will not stop until the Houthis cease shooting at American ships.
“Our attacks will continue until they are no longer a threat to Freedom of Navigation,” he said. “The choice for the Houthis is clear: Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you. Otherwise, we have only just begun, and the real pain is yet to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran.”
The Daily Wire’s Tim Pearce reported Sunday that the United States launched airstrikes against the Yemeni cities controlled by Iran-backed Houthi militants beginning Friday and running into Saturday. Those strikes came just a day after the United States hit the Houthi general command headquarters as the United States tries to stop the Houthis from striking Israel or commercial ships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
The attacks have also garnered unique attention in the United States after a journalist known for his critical pieces on Trump was inadvertently added, apparently by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, to a national security group chat in which top Trump officials discussed airstrikes in Yemen.
That chat included Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and other members of Trump’s inner circle.
The White House confirmed last week that the chat appeared to be authentic, and has since said that no classified information was shared. Hegseth has also pushed back against the notion that “war plans” were shared, and the entire Trump team has aggressively messaged that The Atlantic is a liberal, anti-Trump publication and that Goldberg himself is a hack.
Asked by NBC News on Saturday if he still has confidence in Hegseth and Waltz, Trump replied: “I do.”
“I think it’s just a witch hunt and the fake news, like you, talk about it all the time, but it’s just a witch hunt, and it shouldn’t be talked [about],” Trump told NBC.
He added: “We had a tremendously successful strike. We struck very hard and very lethal. And nobody wants to talk about that. All they want to talk about is nonsense. It’s fake news.”
Trump has repeatedly said that he isn’t familiar with the Signal app when pressed for specifics on whether his team should have been using it.
“I have no idea what Signal is. I don’t care what Signal is,” Trump said again Saturday. “All I can tell you is it’s just a witch hunt, and it’s the only thing the press wants to talk about, because you have nothing else to talk about. Because it’s been the greatest 100-day presidency in the history of our country.”
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