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President Donald Trump heads to the Middle East for peace deals and business negotiations, even as tensions allegedly rise with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The militant group in Yemen was still firing at ships and shooting down drones, while U.S. forces were burning through munitions.
President Donald Trump talked often during the 2024 presidential campaign about stopping “endless” wars in the Middle East. On Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, he took an astonishing step to do just that — by suggesting he might end America’s 46-year undeclared conflict with Iran.
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Jacobin on MSNTrump’s Unimpressive Yemen Cease-Fire DealWe already knew Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against Yemen was unconstitutional. It turns out it was completely pointless too. Earlier this week, Trump and the Houthi leadership of Yemen announced a sudden cease-fire deal that took many by surprise,
The president is seeking foreign investment and arms deals for the U.S. from the wealthy oil states of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar.
For President Donald Trump’s boosters, these are proof that his hard-charging America First foreign and trade policies are yielding results better and faster than his predecessors could only imagine.
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The Times of Israel on MSNTrump ditched Israel with surprise Houthi truce. That doesn’t bode well on IranDays after Yemeni group caused untold economic damage by hitting Ben Gurion Airport, the US president blindsided his allies; this has no doubt unsettled Jerusalem amid nuclear talks The post Trump ditched Israel with surprise Houthi truce.
For Trump, a president who often boasts about "holding the cards" in high-stakes negotiations—most famously during a heated encounter with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in late February—Lipner felt the U.S. leader once again appears to have the necessary leverage to get his way.
By Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw, Jaidaa Taha and Menna AlaaElDin WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as he embarks on the first major international trip of his second term. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
President Donald Trump said the United States was informed ... “CENTCOM is conducting strikes across multiple locations of Iran-backed Houthi locations every day and night in Yemen.