What Trump's ceasefire deal with Yemen's Houthi rebels means

Jim Walsh | Wbur, Here & Now Newsroom

May 7, 2025

In a recent news segment with SSP's Jim Walsh, on Trump's recent surprise announcement of a ceasefire deal with Yemen's Houthi rebels, Walsh says, “The Trump administration seems to have a habit of this sort of thing, of just announcing things and not really setting the table beforehand."

 

 

 

 

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh about a deal that President Trump announced in the Oval Office on Tuesday that says the U.S. will stop bombing Yemen's Houthi rebels because they have agreed to stop attacking American ships.

 

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