President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that the United States will inflict “major military punishment” on Iran if the Houthis continue attacking ships in the Red Sea.
The Houthis, an Iran-backed terrorist group in Yemen, fired at two Saudi Arabian ships on Wednesday.
“A year ago the United States of America attacked, very powerfully, the Houthis, for their interference with commerce and trade, by shooting at ships,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to U.S. military operations in March and May of last year.
“Since that time, and during our conflict with Iran, [the Houthis] have acted very responsibly. Unfortunately, now they are starting up again,” Trump continued. “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran, and major military punishment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves. who I am very disappointed with in that they have, until now, acted very professionally and smart.”
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