The Trump’s statements add to the wave of international reactions to the bombings carried out yesterday by the United States and the United Kingdom against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, responsible for numerous attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea in “solidarity” with the Palestinians in the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Donald Trump’s questioning of Joe Biden
“We are dropping bombs in the Middle East, again”, Trump stated in a message published on the social network Truth Social, a platform launched by Trump Media & Technology Group.
“Now we have wars in Ukraine, Israel and Yemen, but none on the southern border. Oh, that makes a lot of sense,” ironically the president, who demands more measures to stop immigration from Mexico.
Donald Trump’s claim to the US Secretary of Defense
Also, the former president alluded to the hospital admission of the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, cause of controversy due to the secrecy maintained for days: “Our Secretary of Defense was missing for five days, ruling the war from your laptopin a hospital room.”
Trump noted that “this is the same gang that surrendered Afghanistan”, alluding to the 2021 US troop withdrawal, when the Taliban returned to power in the Central Asian country. For the magnate, this hasty withdrawal “was the most shameful moment in the history of the United States.”
US and UK airstrikes on Yemen
The airstrikes commanded by Washington and London They hit Houthi military sites in several locations and left at least five dead and six injuredaccording to a military spokesman for the rebel movement, Yahya Saree, on the social network X.
In a joint statement, USA, United Kingdom and eight of their allies They assured that with the offensive they seekn “de-escalate tensions” and “restore stability in the Red Sea.”
For his part, the American president, Joe Biden, described the military operation as a “defensive action” in response “to unprecedented Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea“that threaten global trade.
Source: Ambito
