WATCH: Trump claims Houthis ‘don’t want to fight,’ says U.S. will stop bombing ‘effective immediately’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the U.S. will stop its bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen after the terrorist group told him they “don’t want to fight.”
“They just don’t want to fight,” Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. “They just don’t want to, and we will honor that. We will stop the bombings.”
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“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/Sk2F5caqHz
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 6, 2025
Trump said the bombings on Houthi targets will stop “effectively immediately.”