—️🇺🇸/🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Flash: President Trump has decided to cancel the planned US airstrikes against Yemen, according to the New York Times

—️🇺🇸/🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Flash: President Trump has decided to cancel the planned US airstrikes against Yemen, according to the New York Times

Trump briefly told the Pentagon to prepare a major strike package against the Houthis, after a personal appeal from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.

Most of the president's inner circle opposed opening another front in the Middle East, citing energy insecurity and over-expansion.