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Should an ally inform another ally when it has negotiated a ceasefire with an enemy of the ally?

Depends.

President Small Crude Useable Hands made an important announcement during his first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the US would “stop the bombings” against the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen, after the Houthis told the US that “they don’t want to fight anymore.”

Part of the problem with everything he says is he always sounds like someone who is between slightly to extremely under the influence of something, and who is making up a story as he talks. It’s like having a cut-rate Frank Dux for president. But that’s one more reason that anyone who trusts tRump deserves what they get.

“We will honor that, and we will stop the bombings,” Trump said from the Oval Office, sitting next to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. He was referring to the military campaign the US has been carrying out against the Houthis since mid-March in response to the group’s attacks on shipping lanes in the Red Sea and on Israel.

Lookit him doing leadery things like meeting with leaders and announcing leader-type stuff. If seething insecurity had mass he’d be a black hole.

“They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word … they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore,” Trump said.

A defense official confirmed to CNN that the US military had been instructed on Monday night to stand down on the strikes against the Houthis.

If you already clicked on the link you know who he didn’t tell before he made the announcement. Or you can guess the correct answer.

Houthi leaders acknowledged Trump’s announcement of the truce, but warned of continuing aggression against Israel until its military offensive in Gaza stops.

Senior Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said in a late Tuesday statement that Trump’s “announcement of a halt to US aggression against Yemen will be evaluated on the ground first.”

“It is a victory that separates US support for the temporary entity [Israel] and a failure for Netanyahu, and he must resign,” al-Houthi said.

That doesn’t sound like “they don’t want to fight any more,” but like I said, cut-rate Frank Dux. In fact, the wording doesn’t make it clear that the Houthi’s knew about it in advance. But they aren’t U.S. allies.

The US did not inform Israel about its de facto truce with the Houthis before Trump announced it in the Oval Office, an Israeli official said. The whiplash felt among Israeli officials was palpable given the timing, coming just hours after Israel carried out some of its most significant strikes in Yemen to date.

Surprise. Dingdongs.

Let this be a lesson to all nations. They can’t rely on Pickled Pete Hegseth’s Signal channel for all their U.S. miliatry intel needs. Pete is just a symptom of the fact that Republicans re-elected a leader who makes shit up when the impulse strikes and there’s no way to tap into the crawling chaos that is his brain. Nor would anyone want to.

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