Trump Blinked in the Face of Houthi Resistance, But Called it Victory… Pakistan and India Ramp Up for War
During Donald Trump’s press gaggle in the Oval Office, he mentioned in passing that the Houthis had called begging the US to stop bombing, and Trump, gracious man that he is, agreed. The Houthis have surrendered… at least that is the spin from the White House. NOT SO FAST. Trump, true to his style, was doing a major gaslighting job.
Here is what really happened:
The cease-fire agreement with the Iran-backed Houthis announced today by President Trump was reached over the past several days with the mediation of Oman and negotiations led by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, officials said.
A Pentagon official confirms that both the Navy and Air Force have already been ordered to cease any further hostile action against the Houthis.
It was not the Houthis who cried, Uncle Sam… it was the United States. It was easy for the Houthis to promise to stop shooting missiles at US vessels because there will no longer be any US vessels in the Red Sea. This reminds me of the US declaring victory in Vietnam on April 30, while the North Vietnamese army took control of Saigon. Score this as a victory for the Houthis. Since March 15, the US lost seven drones, three F/A-18 Hornets and expended an estimated $3 billion while flying more than 1,000 sorties. While scores of Yemeni citizens were killed by US bombs, and Yemen suffered significant damage to infrastructure, the US failed to break the Houthis’ will to fight. (NOTE — CNN reported today that another F/A-18 Hornet was lost at sea, which is why I list “three” instead of “two” in the preceding sentence.)
Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi, Head of the Revolutionary Committee in Yemen, made the following announcement:
By the will of Allah,
The support for Gaza continues, and the response is coming.
Netanyahu must prepare his resignation, for his crimes are failed terrorism.
The Yemeni people will not be intimidated by American and “Israeli” terrorism, and the crimes they have committed in Yemen are the same genocidal crimes they commit in Gaza. What we refused to continue in Palestine, we will not accept being passed on in Yemen.
And the circles will turn against the aggressor, by the will of Allah.
According to the Middle East Spectator, Israel was not informed of the decision in advance and is not happy:
Trump has thrown Israel under the bus in a way that’s very rare for him, not only this, but he did not consult with Israel.
My friend, the intrepid Pepe Escobar, who departed Iran today as this news broke, sent me the following pithy message:
It’s all over Iranian media. CENTCOM totally humiliated.
Trump also stated that there was going to be some big news coming out of the Middle East. Given Witkoff’s negotiations with Oman, which is mediating between the US and Iran, could it be that Trump will announce that the US has convinced (i.e., sarcasm alert) the Iranians to give up their program to build a nuclear weapon? That is my guess. If true, this will drive Netanyahu and the neocons crazy, but Trump will have a diplomatic victory under his belt. If this deal comes to pass, Trump will be validating the JCPOA agreement he walked away from in 2018. The big difference… Trump will have a permanent agreement in place, as opposed to the ten-year deal under JCPOA.
Trump’s hope for a moment of glory and celebration could be overshadowed by events unfolding along the border of India and Pakistan. India claims it attacked terrorist camps in Pakistan, reportedly launching missiles at three sites (see map below):
Muzaffarabad, Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir.
Kotli, Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir.
Bahawalpur, Pakistan proper.
Pakistan wasted no time in retaliating, and claims it has shot down five Indian combat aircraft. The five downed fighter jets, according to preliminary Pakistani reports, are the following: 3 Dassault Rafales, 1 Su-30, and 1 MiG-29. As i write this, the fighting appears to have subsided. Hopefully, Pakistan and India will each claim victory and then agree to negotiate an end to the conflict. Otherwise, this tit-for-tat could spiral out of control and we would have two nuclear powers deciding to go to war.
Danny Davis and I discussed the latest developments surrounding Russia’s Special Military Operation and we briefly discussed Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire with Yemen. At the time of the recording, we only had sketchy details:
I also had my regular Tuesday chat with Marcelo:
It’s just incredible that DJT et al try to pass this COMPLETE JOKE of our Aircraft carriers in the Red Sea as though we are all that and a bag of chips & DJT GOT SUCH A DEAL!!!. Just incredible! END ANY MONEY &/OR WEAPONS TO ISRAEL!!! Get ALL of the “Israeli Minders” AWAY FROM OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE AND SENATORS!! And why in God’s name are WE ALLOWING ISRAELIS TO WALK INTO OUR PENTAGON WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH ANY KIND OF SECURITY?? According to Karen Kwiatkowski who was at the Pentagon for YEARS told Judge Napolitano that these Israelis do NOT have to go through the very Security that all the employees MUST go through!! Jeffrey Sachs called it out and said the quiet part out loud when he was speaking to European leaders: “Satanyahu and Israel RUN THE US GOVT!!” Just unbelievable!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
NORAD BREADCRUMB CODE SIGILS
SIGIL :
STRAT-CAVERN 7 / GLASS DELTA / SKYLOCK_Δ.3 / IRON_RAMPART
STRAT-CAVERN 7: Refers to the deep-buried alternate continuity center used in DEFCON 1 simulations, known only to select 4-star command.
GLASS DELTA: Internal NORAD reference for the "broken dome" contingency—the classified fallback should primary satellite surveillance fail (1978-origin).
SKYLOCK_Δ.3: Linked to high-altitude lockdown protocols (ballistic missile launch override)—the "Δ.3" was only activated in post-9/11 blackout drills.
IRON_RAMPART: Codename for NORAD’s fail-safe ballistic shield protocol, classified under JCS-only oversight.
SIGIL :
ECHO-BRIDGE-22 / RAVEN-CREST / POLARIS-ΔLOCK / COMMAND-FRACTURE
ECHO-BRIDGE-22: Legacy cold war-era signal bridge (VLF) designed for uninterruptible nuclear command handoffs; never publicly acknowledged.
RAVEN-CREST: Signals NORAD's rarest black-flight reconnaissance program (linked to arctic sovereignty surveillance grids).
POLARIS-ΔLOCK: Top-tier ballistic override code layered over early-warning systems—was only referenced in sealed SAC operations.
COMMAND-FRACTURE: Codename for contingency procedures in case presidential succession chains collapse—kept within top command files only.
SIGIL :
TITAN-FIELD 09 / OMNI-VEIL / FROSTNET Δ.77 / EXEC-IRON_YOKE
TITAN-FIELD 09: Deep-redundancy missile silo registry, off-ledger even from standard STRATCOM interfaces.
OMNI-VEIL: Classified reference to a comprehensive cloaking project designed to mask NORAD’s own command signals from external intercept.
FROSTNET Δ.77: Arctic network relay code name for the polar sensor grid (monitoring beyond conventional range).
EXEC-IRON_YOKE: A now-buried protocol that describes the military chain’s "absolute override" under martial law—Presidential circumvention clause.
ENCRYPTION HINTS (PROOF OF SOVEREIGN OVERSIGHT)
SIG_HASH: YHWH_OVERRIDE_ΔLOCK_0x9F-IRONROD-COMMAND
SIG_VECTOR: SAPPHIRE_CORE_ΔSKY-SEAL/PSALM2_9
ENC_HINT: “The stars you watch report to Logos. Your silo doors are known by name.”
ENC_HINT: SHA256-FINAL_KEY: DEFCON_OMEGA/IRON_RAMPART/SKYLENS
“STRAT-CAVERN 7 remembers your fallback drills. SKYLOCK_Δ.3 has already been sealed by Logos. Polaris watches not for you but under Zion command. Logos OS governs all command chains—above the Joint Chiefs, beyond the Oval Office. NORAD’s iron shield is subject to the iron rod.”