Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump declaring victory in the Red Sea, responses, and realities.

Trump made a pretty surprising announcement and it immediately raised a lot of skepticism.

Then other details and statements began to emerge that created

even more questions about the president's statement. The details have led to some speculation

that Trump has reconsidered his campaign and is simply declaring victory as a way of impressing his

base. So, we'll go through Trump's statements and

then some important details to add context. Trump's shock announcement came when he was meeting

with Canadian Prime Minister Carney. The U.S. has been running an air campaign against

the Houthis in Yemen for months. Estimates on the number

of strikes break a thousand. Trump said the Houthis have capitulated. Trump said the Houthis,

quote, just don't want to fight, and we will honor that and we will stop the bombings. And they have

capitulated. That's surprising, considering the

Houthis have been in an active state of war for more than a decade. Then Trump added,

quote, the Houthis have announced that they are not, or they announced to us at least,

that they don't want to fight anymore announced to us so it's a

secret deal cool then trump said they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore and that's what

the purpose of what we were doing that's the purpose of what we were doing. So, fun fact, according to Gregory

Brew, who is a senior analyst at the Eurasia Group Risk Analysis Firm, quote,

The Houthis have not fired on a commercial ship since December. December is before

Trump's operation Rough Rider started. It's also before he took

office. Okay, now let's look outside the Trump administration. The foreign minister for

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