{"id":22798,"date":"2025-05-12T22:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22798"},"modified":"2025-05-12T23:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:15:35","slug":"trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Trump Halted Yemen Campaign Due to Soaring Costs and Stalled Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump recently made a surprise announcement declaring the end of the U.S. military campaign against the Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen\u2014claiming victory. But according to a New York Times report, the truth behind the decision was far more complicated.<\/p>\n

After about 30 days of heavy aerial strikes and massive financial investment, the Houthis continued launching missiles and maritime attacks. Trump, who had long expressed opposition to prolonged military entanglements in the Middle East, decided to avoid a drawn-out and costly confrontation\u2014and ordered an immediate halt to offensive operations.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

High Cost, Disappointing Results
\n<\/strong>Throughout the operation, the U.S. suffered significant material losses. Two F\/A-18 Super Hornets, each valued at $67 million, were lost at sea due to an accident. Additionally, the Houthis also managed to shoot down multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones and damaged U.S. naval vessels in the Red Sea. Altogether, the estimated cost of the first month of the operation was $1 billion.<\/p>\n

Sources in the administration say Trump\u2014frustrated by the lack of quick results\u2014realized the campaign could drag on for months and potentially divert resources from more strategic theaters, such as the Asia-Pacific. Facing pressure from CENTCOM and White House advisors, Trump chose to suspend the attacks.<\/p>\n

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Houthi Rebels | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nuclear Talks With Iran Played a Key Role<\/strong>
\nDuring the fighting, U.S. officials were engaged in nuclear negotiations with Iran via Omani mediation. As part of the talks, Omani intermediaries proposed a de-escalation deal: The U.S. would stop bombing Yemen in exchange for a halt to Houthi attacks on U.S. ships. Wary of another military quagmire, Trump accepted the proposal and even praised the \u201ccourage\u201d of the Houthis\u2014despite previously pledging their total defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Times reports on the complex reality behind President Trump’s ceasefire with the Houthis, citing high costs with low returns and fear of a quagmire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,65],"tags":[2264,3538,1531,5532,1480,2397,2396,1532],"class_list":["post-22798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-foreign-policy","tag-houthis","tag-iran-talks","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-united-states","tag-yemen"],"yoast_head":"\nReport: Trump Halted Yemen Campaign Due to Soaring Costs and Stalled Progress - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Trump Halted Yemen Campaign Due to Soaring Costs and Stalled Progress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New York Times reports on the complex reality behind President Trump's ceasefire with the Houthis, citing high costs with low returns and fear of a quagmire.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T19:30:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T20:15:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/campaignhouthi.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1022\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Shimon Levi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Shimon Levi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d7bc34deb63b02173f4b03d0273ec11\"},\"headline\":\"Report: Trump Halted Yemen Campaign Due to Soaring Costs and Stalled Progress\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-12T19:30:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-12T20:15:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/campaignhouthi.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Donald Trump\",\"foreign policy\",\"Houthis\",\"Iran Talks\",\"Israel\",\"Middle East\",\"United States\",\"Yemen\"],\"articleSection\":[\"POLITICS\",\"SECURITY\",\"WORLD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/trump-halts-yemen-campaign-amid-soaring-costs-and-stalled-progress\/\",\"name\":\"Report: Trump Halted Yemen Campaign Due to Soaring Costs and Stalled Progress - 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