Ever wonder how the Houthis went from a minor religious movement in Yemen, to being small time pirates ,to be able to come close to shutting down the transportation of goods to a point that some ships bypass the Suez canal and travel all the way to the Cape of Good Hope to avoid being attacked with sophisticated missiles and drones ? ... to being able to threaten Saudi Arabia and Israel ? ....to attacking the US Navy ?

They had to have had some sponsors funding their terror organization . I had always assumed it was Iran. Now I am not so sure. What can $ 2.7 billion in "humanitarian aid " purchase ?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gi4txyKWYAAsllF?format=png&name=small


Ever wonder how Hamas manages to send barrage after barrage of missiles into Israel? Ever wonder how they were able to purchase hang gliders and train an assault force in how to use them in combat ?

Biden Admin Filled Terrorist Coffers With Over $1,300,000,000 Before Trump Took Wrecking Ball To Foreign Aid | The Daily Caller (https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/04/biden-admin-terrorist-1-3-billion-trump-foreign-aid/)

Sam Westrop on X: "USAID handed almost $1million to Bayader, a Gaza charity operating under the son of Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh. USAID officials even visited their offices in Gaza to do photo-ops (see pic) https://t.co/Itw23UzaQz" / X (https://x.com/samwestrop/status/1885865160356565171)

Do you know we still prop up the Taliban ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gitg6tcWkAAYHeT?format=jpg&name=small

U.S. Foreign Assistance by Country (https://foreignassistance.gov/cd/afghanistan/2023/obligations/1)

That pays for a lot of condoms
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gi3uLxAWsAEBRe1?format=jpg&name=small




This doesn't include the $billions Clueless Joe released to Iran that ended up in the hands of terrorists .

Trump is taking on the Houthis in more ways than just cutting off their funding. The Houthis are terrorist pirates . The US first war was against such piracy.

Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Office of the Historian (https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/barbary-wars)

The US has always had a policy of free navigation of the seas and have when necessary used it's muscle to enforce it.
Since the Gaza war ,the Houthis have supported Hamas by attacking shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea ;both choke points in the shipping of commercial products .

The US Navy came under direct attack in that time . They have had to use more defensive weapons than they have in 30 years

Navy fired more air defense missiles in 15 months than in 30 years (https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-missiles-red-sea/)

Clueless Joe took a minimalist response to their attacks while not redesignating them a terrorist organization and certainly not freezing funding from either USAID OR Iran.

Now the US is taking the fight to them and not just against their weapon systems . Their leaders are being attacked .


The strikes killed “multiple” Houthi leaders, according to US national security adviser Michael Waltz. They were an “overwhelming response,” Waltz told ABC News, adding that they were also aimed at “holding Iran responsible” for supporting the Houthis.



Dozens reported killed after Trump orders ‘decisive’ strikes against Yemen’s Houthis | CNN Politics (https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/15/politics/trump-houthis-military-action/index.html)

(note CNN couldn't miss the opportunity to mention that women and children were also casualties )

Trump took to Truth Social the issue a warning .Of note ;he also held Iran responsible for attacks by the Houthis.


To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!
To Iran: Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!


Truth Details | Truth Social (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114167864888304754)

Trump is also tying to get Iran to the negotiating table about their nuke program indicating that their time is running out for a deal . These miliary responses may be a bargaining chip. But hopefully he is serious about eliminating the Houthis threat.

This should also end all the BS claims that Trump is some kind of isolationist . He proved in his first term that he is more than willing to flex US muscle when needed .

BTW the major benefactor of Trump's attacks on the pirates is the EU where 30% of their container traffic pass through the Suez Canal .
The Importance of the Suez Canal to Global Trade - 18 April 2021 | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/mfat-market-reports/the-importance-of-the-suez-canal-to-global-trade-18-april-2021#:~:text=The%20193km%20Suez%20canal%20was,9%20 billion%20worth%20of%20cargo.)

They should keep that in mind as they consider evil Trump .