Trump considered ordering strikes against the Houthis in Yemen over the weekend but decided not to proceed, according to two U.S. officials.

The move came after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged Trump to take action as the Houthis advanced toward the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a key Red Sea chokepoint.

Trump initially rejected the request, agreeing only to provide Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting support. U.S. officials said Washington would avoid military action unless the Houthis disrupted non-Saudi shipping.

After Saudi forces struggled to push back Houthi advances, Riyadh again requested U.S. strikes.

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper prepared airstrike options that were presented to Defense Secretary Hegseth, but Trump ultimately decided against launching them.

Source: Axios

🇷🇺Kremlin:

Russia does not threaten France or any other state in Europe. President Putin has said this repeatedly.

We have no disputes with any European states that could be the reason for any serious disagreements.

Therefore, Russia does not represent any threat, and Russia threatens no one and blackmails no one.

🇷🇺🇩🇪Kremlin on Germany:

We note that, to a large extent, the decline in the competitiveness of the German economy is happening because Germany stopped buying cheap Russian gas and began buying very expensive gas from other countries.

Naturally, Germans — at least part of the German population — are looking for an alternative to the current authorities in order to improve their situation.

This is a natural process.

🇺🇦Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba:

We have to work with AfD.

I spoke with acquaintances there, and they say that there are people who sit quietly but are quite influential in shaping the party line, who understand that Ukraine needs to continue to be supported and that we need to work.

🇺🇦Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba:

I always tell Ukrainians who live abroad that if you have already decided to stay there, then become a political force.

My thesis is that I want, within a maximum of 30 years, a prime minister or president of some European country to be a person of Ukrainian origin, a person with Ukrainian roots.

🇺🇦🤡🇺🇸🤡Zelensky, in response to Trump's persistent calls to stop targeting Russian oil refineries, stated that Ukraine will only take such a step if Russia stops its attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure and exports.

It is highly unlikely that the Russian leadership will abandon its planned campaign of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure this winter, especially as long as the Russian Armed Forces maintain an advantage in ballistic missiles and drones.

🇺🇸Trump:

I can report to you with pride that America is back, and our country is stronger today than ever before.

🇺🇸Trump:

The entire world is being lifted by the wealth, strength and momentum of a newly energized U.S.A.

🇺🇸Trump:

I have no interest in leaving dangers to grow for another day. I do not believe in letting problems fester. They only become harder to solve.

So, while others have talked, I have acted.

While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace.

While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them.

🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump on Iran:

They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more.

From the first day I entered the political arena, I have been unwavering:

I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump on Iran:

Upon taking office last year, I opened negotiations with Iran and offered them full economic cooperation in exchange for ending their nuclear program and support for terror.

But they refused. That was a big mistake.

🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump on Iran:

They made a missile capable of hitting Europe, and they were very proud of it. I hope the Europeans realize that.

Iran’s goal was to complete their nuclear bomb behind this conventional ballistic missile shield.

If they had succeeded, that wicked regime would have been free to spread terror and death forever.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱Trump on October 7th:

We will mark the third anniversary of the October 7th attack in Israel.

Terrorists funded by Iran tortured, mutilated, and killed 1,200 innocent civilians, including dozens of Americans and many babies — little, tiny, beautiful babies.

Iran’s Supreme Leader celebrated that massacre and called it a "service to humanity."

🇮🇷🇺🇸Trump on Iran:

The regime slaughtered over 72,000 of its citizens this year.

Just imagine such a vile regime empowered to carry out large-scale terror attacks from behind a nuclear shield.

This was the reality we had to confront—a reality that far too many preferred to ignore. They all ignored it.

🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump on Strait of Hormuz:

The United States Navy has recently escorted more than one billion barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz, and more oil is flowing than at any point since the start of the war.

We’re taking 22, 25, 30, 32, and 37 ships out, respectively, every single day, every single night.

🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump on Iran:

I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world?

Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?

Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness for generations?

But I believe we’ll make a deal right after the election, because it doesn’t make sense for them not to.

They’re waiting to see how I do in the midterm election. What they don’t realize is that I’m not running. I did that already and won in a landslide.

Trump on Iran:

I called on all nations to join us in enforcing the complete economic isolation of Iran until they stop their attacks on commercial shipping, relinquish their nuclear ambitions, and cease their support of terror.

The terrorist regime is behaving badly, not because they are strong and confident, but because they are weak and desperate.

Trump:

We ended the war in Gaza, saving thousands of lives.

🇺🇸🇻🇪Trump on Venezuela:

When you add the United States and Venezuela together, we have more than 60 percent of the oil in the world. So, it’s perhaps the biggest deal.

It was a war, but it’s perhaps the biggest deal ever made.

To the victor belong the spoils. You’ve all heard that.

🇺🇸🇻🇪Trump on Venezuela:

Our actions in Venezuela are proof that the United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere, and if necessary, we will use our unmatched military might to secure the vital national interests of the United States.

Trump on the ICC:

The United States is equally opposed to the out-of-control institution known as the International Criminal Court.

We will never allow U.S. service members or anyone else to be investigated or given show trials by an anti-American tribunal with no jurisdiction over us here.

I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately.