On guard, Yemen

President Trump took time out from yet another golfing weekend at Mar-a-Lago to announce military strikes against Yemen on his social media platform.

U.S. forces launched a ‘decisive and powerful’ attack on Houthi militants in Yemen, President Donald Trump said Saturday, an escalation against the group targeting maritime traffic and American troops in the Red Sea that doubled as a sharp warning to Iran, its major backer.

(Washington Post, March 15, 2025)

He warned these strikes could last days, if not weeks. But Earth to Trump! US presidents have been launching “decisive and powerful” attacks on Houthi militants since Obama first ordered them in his first term. Except that, like Netanyahu in Gaza, Trump is killing more women and children than militants. And so it goes…

Meanwhile, he pledged to lower egg prices. They’re rising. He promised to make housing more affordable. It’s getting worse — thanks primarily to his stupid trade war. Indeed, he vowed no more “stupid wars.” Now he’s threatening three.

Except that his entire campaign was Orwellian. So of course his presidency is, too.