US could join Saudi strikes on Yemen – Trump

Washington could intervene in the escalating conflict after a Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people, including an American citizen President Donald Trump has said the US could join Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen’s Houthis, signaling a potential reversal of his previous reluctance to intervene directly in the escalating conflict.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Saturday, Trump was asked whether US forces could join the Saudi strikes against the Yemeni group, also known as Ansar Allah, following another deadly attack on Riyadh’s international airport. ”We may.

We’re going to look at it,” Trump replied.

“We just found out about the recent attack.

So we’ll make a decision.

We move very quickly.” "Have you decided whether to join the Saudi strikes on the Houthis?" @POTUS: "We may.

We're going to look at it.

We just found out about the recent attack, so we'll make a decision.

We move very quickly." https://t.co/8aUAneK2xB — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 10, 2026 Trump later suggested that Saudi Arabia is capable of defending itself without US involvement, describing the latest attack on the kingdom as “terrible.” “They’re able to defend.

The Saudis are good fighters.

But I think the attack was a terrible thing,” Trump told reporters.

Asked again whether the US would intervene, he said: “You’re gonna find out… We have communication with the Houthis, and we’ll see what happens.

But what they did was very bad.” The remarks came after a Houthi strike on King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital killed 12 people and injured another 309, according to updated figures released on Sunday by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).

The dead included four Saudi citizens and eight foreign nationals, among them an American.