{"id":380684,"date":"2026-09-21T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-did-trump-backtrack-on-helping-saudi-arabia-with-the-houthis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:00:08","slug":"why-did-trump-backtrack-on-helping-saudi-arabia-with-the-houthis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-did-trump-backtrack-on-helping-saudi-arabia-with-the-houthis\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did Trump backtrack on helping Saudi Arabia with the Houthis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RUcXB5C8tCI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why did Trump backtrack on helping Saudi Arabia with the Houthis?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUcXB5C8tCI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, a growing number of flashpoints across the Middle East are raising concerns about a wider regional escalation, from renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to fresh warnings exchanged between Washington and Tehran. <\/p>\n<p>A dramatic Houthi offensive in Yemen has emerged as one of the most significant developments heading into UNGA. <\/p>\n<p>CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas explains why he thinks the Trump administration may be nervous about joining Saudi Arabia&#8217;s military effort against the Houthis. Also, former US national security council official Kristen Fontenrose reacts to Trump changing course on the US military getting more involved in the region.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 What could make the Trump administration nervous about US military operations against the Houthis?<br \/>\n2:25 Could the US military stop the Houthis from influencing oil exports?<br \/>\n4:24 Why Trump changed course on helping Saudi Arabia<br \/>\n10:13 Could Trump find an Iran off ramp during his trip to the UN? <\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #Houthis #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, a growing number of flashpoints across the Middle East are raising concerns about a wider regional escalation, from renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to fresh warnings exchanged between Washington and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-380684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why did Trump backtrack on helping Saudi Arabia with the Houthis? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why did Trump backtrack on helping Saudi Arabia with the Houthis? for free, here on News ISC. 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