India Today – May 8, 2025
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) surprised many by praising the Houthis for their “bravery.”
Speaking at the White House, Trump said, “You know, we hit them very hard. They had a great capacity to withstand punishment. They took tremendous punishment. You can say there’s a lot of bravery there. It was amazing what they took. But we honour their commitment and their word.”
This came just a day after Trump said the US would stop its bombing campaign against Houthis in Yemen after a ceasefire was facilitated by Oman.
“They just don’t want to fight,” Trump said in an Oval Office Tuesday morning during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “And we will honour that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated. But more importantly, we will take their word,” he added.
HOUTHIS CONFIRM DEAL WITH US
In response, the Houthis also confirmed they have reached an agreement with the United States to pause attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, in exchange for a pause in US airstrikes on Houthi locations in Yemen.
Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdul-Salam added that the ceasefire with the US has “no connection with our stance on supporting Gaza.”
America has been bombing Houthi targets since March, inflicting damage to make the terror masters of Iran nervous about support for their Yemeni proxy.
The White House and US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth later in the afternoon reposted a statement on X by the Omani foreign minister that said his government had coordinated a ceasefire between the US and the Houthis.
The White House and US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth then reposted Omani foreign minister Badr Albusaidi’s statement on X which stated that his government had brokered a ceasefire between the US and the Houthis.
“In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping,” the minister said in the post.
Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier
Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen – CNN May 6, 2025
Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, five people familiar with the matter told CNN.
It is not entirely clear what happened yet, as the investigation is ongoing, but two of the people said there was some kind of arrestment failure as the jet was trying to land on the carrier and the pilot and weapons systems officer had to eject. They were recovered by a rescue helicopter and are both alive, but they suffered minor injuries, one of the people said.
The jet crashed into the sea and has not been recovered, two of the people familiar with the incident said.
Separately, the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group “took a shot” at the Truman on Tuesday, four of the people said, despite President Donald Trump announcing an apparent ceasefire with the group hours earlier. It is not clear whether the two incidents are related.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense referred all questions about the incidents to the Navy and US Central Command. CNN has reached out to the Navy and CENTCOM for comment.
The loss of the fighter jet comes one week after another F/A-18 jet fell overboard the Truman. That time, initial reports indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard.
““They just don’t want to fight,” Trump said in an Oval Office Tuesday morning during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “And we will honour that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated. But more importantly, we will take their word,” he added.”
Ah the lovely sound of zio-scum eating humble pie 🙂 ha ha ha .
LOL…
The bullshit is strong in this one, hehe..
.. the hooters have hypersonic weapons, which makes them an Iranian proxy via MSM logic which is both an oxymoron and psy op and the world of poly ticks concurs.
.because of course the mullahs parade all their imaginary hi tek projectiles in secret bases so you all get up to speed on the narrative..
.. the yankees now have hooter peace deals which are stunning and brave, but are set on going after the men in dresses in Persia to blow up their non existent nooklear stockpiles and rename it arabia..Drumpf will do this himself.. and bring back their hypersonics..
The yankees however don’t have hypersonic weapons just yet, what they have are floating targets, that protect the cargo ships destined for the stolen state..that the hooters blow up… with whom a peace deal has been negotiated..it’s a great deal..really great..
..IS-RA-EL is the Yankees greatest ally, a beautiful demockracy in the desert, jam packed full of schizoid psychopaths, child molesters and cowards where they plan to build themeparks, hotels and golf courses and drill for beautiful fossil fuels.. once they’ve exterminated the people that live there..
meanwhile the hooters are bombing the flagship demockracy in the diddle East, like billyo…with Iranian hypersonics, dead cats and falafel..
apparently a trade deal is in the offing.. probably the best.. with Russia and the Ukraine..