Trump: U.S. Will Stop Bombing Yemen After Houthis ‘Capitulated’
“They just don’t want to fight. And we will honor that and we will stop the bombings.”
President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will stop bombing Yemen after the Houthis, an Iranian proxy terrorist group, “capitulated,” promising to stop blowing up ships:
We had some very good news last night. The Houthis have announced that they are not or they’ve been 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 and we will stop the bombings.
They have capitulated. But more importantly, 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.
So I think that’s very positive. They were knocking out a lot of ships. Going, as you know, sailing beautifully down the various seas. It wasn’t just a 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.
.@POTUS: "The Houthis have announced that — they don't want to fight anymore. They just don't want to fight, and we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings. They have capitulated… They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore." pic.twitter.com/GTd4UhNMK9
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 6, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio chimed in:
Yeah, this was always a freedom of navigation mission. These guys, these are a band of individuals with advanced weaponry that were threatening global shipping. And the job was to get that to stop. And if it’s going to stop, then we can stop it.
.@SecRubio on the Houthis: "This was always a freedom of navigation issue. These are a band of individuals with advanced weaponry that were threatening global shipping, and the job was to get that to stop — and, if it's going to stop, then we can stop." pic.twitter.com/rqWn7UWkdZ
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 6, 2025
REPORTER: Can you tell us a bit more about the deal that you've reached with the Houthis?@POTUS: "They've said 'please don't bomb us anymore and we're not going to attack your ships.'"
REPORTER: And where did you hear about that?@POTUS: "A very good source… would you say,… pic.twitter.com/FbSYvAmR6R
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 6, 2025
I don’t know how you can take the word of any terrorists. These terrorists have been attacking ships in the Red Sea since right after October 7, 2023.
I have not seen the Houthis confirm an agreement or that they even asked for a truce.
In March, Trump ordered a massive strike on the Houthis after the terrorist group promised to go harder against the U.S. and Israel.
The Air Force struck the Houthis 20 times in 60 minutes on March 28.
On Monday, Israel obliterated the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah after the terrorists hit the Ben Gurion Airport over the weekend.
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I think you misspelled ‘decapitated’
No truce.
Please finish them off.
Agreed, Typical terrorist act. Bomb. Get a truce. Rearm and regroup. Return to bombing.
They also didn’t say anything about not attacking Israel.
You’re right as of this morning. They started bombing our ships again.
Stone age comes to mind
I agree, Mary, I don’t know how anyone can trust them. I’m hoping that the first (next) time they attack something that they are paid back in spades.
According to what I’ve read online, Israel has if today destroyed the main airport in Sanaa. I assume that may have played a part in their capitulation. Does this mean they won’t attack Israel anymore?
Houthis say they will continue to attack Israel. And Trump didn’t mention the issue at all. So, war between Houthis and Israel likely continues.
I am just so fecking tired of this nonsense. Just bomb the Houthis into oblivion and be done wit. There’s no point in stopping now only to have to start up again in the near future. And that’s what’s gonna happen, Guaranteed. The bombing will stop, the Houthis will re-group and get more resources from Iran and the whole thing will begin once again.
It’s really pathetic that we can’t actually finish the job that we started. Guess nobody really has the balls to do it.
I don’t necessarily disagree with what you’re saying. But, it’s important to keep in mind the enormity of Yemen. With almost 1K-miles of coastline, it has an area that surpasses California. What you’re describing – the annihilation of the Houthis – would require a Herculean effort measured in years and tens-of-billions of dollars. The Saudi’s accomplished not much of anything in almost 7-years of fighting.
Kill the leadership and their families. The others will get the message or they won’t.
So, what do you mean by “get the message”? Does it mean saying “Stop! Stop, please! We promise not to do this anymore!”? That sounds a lot like unconditional surrender.
Nothing wrong with unconditional surrender. Worked for WW2.
I agree with you. Getting rid of terrorist groups is a classic example of Xenos’ dilemma. If you want a less obscure analogy – you will never, ever, get the last roach…. and eventually they will reappear.
Combine that fact with the law of diminishing returns and the wise man finds a place and time to declare victory and move on.
We’re not there yet with Iran or the Houthis. Israel isn’t there yet with Hamas or Hezbollah.
The Houthis control only certain areas of Yemen. But I can’t tell you the size of that area.
The Houthis control all of the country (including the entire coastal region) with the modest exception of a small gouvernante that sits essentially in the middle of the country. Their territory includes 80% of the geography and at least that percentage of the population, maybe more, including the capital city. That’s the same city that’s home to the airport IDF just bombed overnight.
Yemen needs their country back. Free, free Yemen! From the sea to the other sea, Yemen must be free, of Houthis!
Time will tell. The Houthis need to know what will happen if they’re lying, if they haven’t figured it out yet.
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“ I don’t know how you can take the word of any terrorists…”
A previous occupant of the Oval Office once said “Trust, but verify” which I assume Trump will do.
Also, one of the criticisms of past administrations, both R & D, is that there was no exit plan for military engagements.
Here, the Iranians (let’s be honest with ourselves, shall we?) capitulated. If they uncapitulate, we can go back to killing them again.
Yeah, but that guy (1) made a deal with Iran before being inaugurated (October Surprise, sketchy is the nicest thing you could say about it), (2) heroically invaded and defeated that great enemy power, Grenada, oh what a man he was. I’m a little bit short of impressed. What did he ever “trust but verify”? But maybe he had something to do with the Soviet Union’s breakup.
(1) No, he didn’t.
First of all, you are confusing your terms. The “October Surprise” was something that he was worried Carter might be trying to pull. He warned the voters not to be surprised and not to be swayed if Carter pulled such a rabbit out of his hat. In the end it didn’t happen.
You are referring to the subsequent Democrat hoax, effectively acknowledging that Carter was indeed trying for such a surprise, and alleging that the reason he was unable to do so was that Reagan had made a secret deal with the enemy, which would not only violate the Logan Act but would border on treason. But there was never any evidence for it, and in almost all cases the people who were supposedly in Paris or Madrid on a certain day to meet with the Iranians were documented as being somewhere else. The Democrats held full-blown congressional inquiries, trying and trying to find grounds for impeachment, and came up with nothing. It was just like the Russia hoax.
(2) What’s your problem with the Grenada invasion? It was right and just and proper for him to do it, and he did. No one has ever claimed that this made him some kind of hero, though the people he liberated over there surely regarded him as such. Including, of course, the Governor General who, in his official capacity as head of state, requested the invasion.
See, how hard was that?
Biden and the Dhimmi-crats (and, a similarly emasculated, feckless and inept western leadership) let a major global shipping lane get held hostage by a bunch of Muslim terrorist thugs who, like any bully, needed one punch in the face to be taught a lesson.
I’d keep an eye on these terrorists, though — their word is worthless, which means that further measures will be needed, before long.
To be fair, it was a Mike Tyson sized punch to the face. No messing around with “proportionality”
When they re-offend, and they will, pound them to sand
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
“To the shores of Tripoli…”
Sorta. At least back then we had our own merchant vessels being subjected to piracy to spur the action. Today we are protecting the merchant vessels of other Nations who won’t do so for.themselves preceding to spend on economic subsidies instead of a Navy.
And then they’ll lecture us about how morally superior they are because they spend a higher percentage of their GDP on welfare programs than we do.
And we’re ALSO protecting our own ships.
Well, in fairness, the terrorist Houthi thugs have fired upon U.S. military and cargo vessels, as well.
“To the shores of Tripoli…”
We could go there but we can’t go the halls of Montezuma because millions of illegals in our country who owe their loyalty to Mexico and they would be our enemies if we ever had another war.
Do folks in Mexico celebrate July 4th? No way Jose!
Yet millions celebrate Cinco de Mayo here—which shows their loyalty.
To be fair, a LOT of the people who celebrate Cinco de Mayo here are just looking for an excuse to have a cold Margarita and some tasty Mexican food.
My motivations are more pure. I don’t need an excuse to do those things, I would do them regardless.
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla. It is celebrating more in the US where it is a drinking holiday than in Mexico. It is not Mexican independence day.
So, you think I hold some allegiance to Germany because I celebrate Oktoberfest?
Don’t take stuff out of context. The context is “…, millions of illegals in our country who owe their loyalty to Mexico and would be our enemies if we ever had another war”.
So to compare apples with apples: Are you an illegal from Germany? And are there millions of young illegal German men in our country of military age?
Push 1 for German.
Nein!
From the USA’s founding until WW1 a significant percentage of the population spoke only German.
Cinco de Mayo is really not that significant a holiday, and as Paul says, it’s an excuse to party. Few even know what it commemorates.
Lots of people here retain affection or connection to the “old country”, and Latin America doesn’t have to be different. We’re a nation of immigrants, and it should be legal immigrants. The legal immigrants from Latin America seem loyal enough.
Around Lake Chapala (a gringo haven in central Mexico) they may celebrate July 4. There just aren’t that many former Americans now living in Mexico.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated by non-Irish
It’s just an excuse to party, like Cinco de Mayo
Speaking of things military, SCOTUS has affirmed Trump’s ability to ban Trannies from the military, overturning some Lib judge,….overturned judges should be impeached for bad behavior
No, it hasn’t. It’s overturned only the injunction. The case on the merits has not yet been heard in the district court, so SCOTUS is nowhere near making a ruling on it.
In the last hour or so, the Houthis’ official ‘spokesman’ had denied any ceasefire agreement and said Trump was wrong. The Omani foreign minister (Oman was acting as the intermediary in the ceasefire talks), then posted on X the following statement (made AFTER the Houthi denial)….
I am pleased to say that efforts have resulted in an end to the conflict between the two sides.
https://x.com/badralbusaidi/status/1919823059256533103
Sounds like the Houthis are trying to save face at home. But, have indeed agreed to a ceasefire, at least until they break it.
Looks like the same old thing we see every time when dealing with terrorist groups: the political leadership is completely separate from the military leadership and also completely detached.
The politicos can see the long term consequences and want to quit while they’re not too far behind…but the military dudes are all tactically oriented:
“ We can’t be defeated yet; we still have some bullets!
So he’s saying the U.S. shouldn’t stop? Fine with me.
I’m not holding my breath. You can’t trust a terrorist. When they require another lesson, make sure it’s the last one they ever need.
BREAKING: Houthi’s say never mind. Iran has sent more aid and they are back to their old ways
de bank their money life line
Such pronouncements are never accompanied by a final sentence saying, “And if they break their agreement this time, we won’t stop until we turn them all into glass.”
And that’s why nothing ever changes.
which lefty group is omaring up to recapture their moment of pride aka 9 11????
Perhaps the Administration is simply laying the groundwork for a later trial (by public / world opinion — F the ICC) of the winner-takes-all war that will eventually settle matters there (for some, hopefully significant, period).
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