Trump says Houthi ship attacks will stop: 'They don't want to fight anymore'

President Donald Trump said the United States was informed that the Houthis would stop attacking vessels off Yemen’s coasts in exchange for the U.S. ending the military campaign against them.

“The Houthis have announced to us at least that they don’t want to fight anymore,” he said in the Oval Office on Tuesday during his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “They don’t want to fight, and we will honor that. And we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word. They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore.”