Morning Jolt: Trump Returns to Washington, and the Houthis Take a New Tone

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY

January 23 2025

Trump Returns to Washington, and the Houthis Take a New Tone

On the menu today: It's not quite like the Iranian regime releasing the American hostages upon Reagan's inauguration, but this week, one of Iran's proxy militias, the Houthis in Yemen, took several steps indicating they weren't as eager to continue the fight now that Donald Trump is sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. But the new president is apparently unimpressed, not only re-designating the Houthis as a terrorist group — a long overdue move — but declaring that the U.S. will cancel any humanitarian aid projects with any group cooperating with the Houthis or critical of U.S. efforts to fight the Houthis. In the past two years, the Houthis picked the biggest fight with the U.S. Navy since World War Two, a development that was stunningly under-noticed by the American public and egregiously under-discussed by the previous administration. It's a new day, and that new day is a lousy one to be a Houthi — and honestly, tomorrow's not looking so hot for them either.

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