Trump's flawed Houthi deal

No country was more surprised than Israel by President Donald Trump‘s May 6 revelation that the United States had reached a truce with Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

During an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump asserted that the Houthis “don’t want to fight anymore.” He added, “we will stop the bombings. And they have capitulated. But more importantly, we will take their word.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio added, “this was always a freedom of navigation mission. These guys are a band of individuals with advanced weaponry that were threatening global shipping. And the job was to get that to stop.”