Trump Warns Iran

In Fight Against Houthis, Trump Threatens The Source, Iran

Trump takes off the gloves and removes handcuffs from the military

The US has struck more than 30 targets in Yemen since Saturday, part of Trump’s air campaign targeting Iran-backed Houthi terrorists that have halted international shipping for more than a year.

Trump warns Iran it will face ‘consequences’ of further attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, explicitly linking the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor.

“Iran has played ‘the innocent victim’ of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control,” Trump alleged in his post. “They’re dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, ‘Intelligence.’”

And in a marked departure from the previous administration’s micromanagement, Trump has given Central Command the authority to launch offensive strikes against the Houthis whenever it deems it appropriate.

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