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The White House shared an image of US President Donald Trump monitoring the deadly strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen as the death toll rose to 31 in the latest American attack. On Saturday, Trump revealed that he had ordered the strikes in Yemen, unleashing “hell” on the Iran-backed militant group.
In their latest statement, the Trump administration made it clear that it had informed Russia about the attacks, calling it an “effort to bolster diplomatic communication,” The New York Post reported. Shortly after the attack, the White House shared the image of Trump watching the strike on TV.
President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 15, 2025
For too long American economic & national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency. pic.twitter.com/FLC0E8Xkly
The president was dressed in golfing attire, wore a large black headset and was seen donning a red MAGA hat that appeared emblazoned with his autograph on its brim. “President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats,” the caption on the post read. “For too long, American economic and national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency,” the statement concluded.
In another photograph, Trump was shown from the back, staring at a television that shows the bombings in the Middle East playing out in realtime. Also pictured in the X post were National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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The death toll of the US strike rose to 31, with Washington warning Iran to stop backing the Yemeni militant group. Meanwhile, Houthi-run health authorities confirmed the death toll to Al-Masirah TV. The group’s political bureau described the attacks as a “war crime”. “Our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation,” it says in a statement.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also said that Washington has “no authority” to dictate its foreign policy after the Trump administration’s warning. “The United States Government has no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy,” Araghchi says in a post on X while urging the US to stop the “killing of Yemeni people.”
The Saturday incident marked the first American strike on Yemen since US President Donald Trump came back to the White House. Similar attacks were conducted during former US President Joe Biden’s tenure.
Following the October 7 attack by Hamas in southern Israel, the Houthis have been notoriously creating chaos in the Red Sea, expressing their support to the Palestinian militant group.
Russia knew
Shortly after the strike, the US State Department noted that Rubio called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and informed him about the strike. The State Department maintained that Rubio’s outreach was in furtherance of a previous agreement “to continue working towards restoring communication between the United States and Russia.”
In a scathing TruthSocial post, Trump condemned the piracy campaign Houthis have been involved in. “They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American and other ships, aircraft, and drones,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that announced the strikes to the world.
“YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY,” Trump warned the group in the post, adding the United States will use “overwhelming force” in pursuit of its peaceful objectives.
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