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Hasty Trump move during swirling scandal blows up into strategic failure 18 months later
What happened
RawStory reports that President Donald Trump’s 51-day bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis ended in a hastily accepted truce that failed to eliminate the group and gave it time to rebuild. Trump launched Operation Rough Rider on March 15, 2025, promising complete annihilation; by May, after more than 1,000 strikes and an estimated cost exceeding $1 billion, he declared victory and accepted an Oman-brokered ceasefire.
The Houthis continued attacking during the campaign, according to the report, while the United States lost at least seven MQ-9 drones and two F/A-18s, the…
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