Trump said he will ‘take care’ of the Houthis if they blockade Saudi ports

Trump said he will ‘take care’ of the Houthis if they blockade Saudi ports US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US would respond if Yemen’s Houthis follow through on their threats to impose a blockade on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, saying that the US “will just have to take care of business”. The Houthis declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on Monday, raising fears that such a closure would remove a critical alternative route for crude oil coming out of Saudi Arabia and intensify energy shortages, impacting the global economy.