During a White House Press Briefing on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump saying he would hold Iran 'accountable' if the Houthis reacted to US strikes against them.
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00:00After President Trump strafe-bombed the Houthis yesterday, he said that if they retaliate,
00:08he was going to personally hold Iran accountable for that.
00:12Holding them accountable, what would that look like?
00:16Well, I would defer you to what the President put out this morning, John, where he said
00:20very clearly – I will read it – let nobody be fooled.
00:23The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen
00:28who are hated by the Yemeni people, are all created by Iran.
00:32Any further attack or retaliation by the Houthis will be met with great force, and there is
00:37no guarantee that the force will stop there.
00:39Iran has played the innocent victim of rogue terrorists from which they've lost control,
00:44but they haven't lost control.
00:46They are dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and
00:50highly sophisticated military equipment and even so-called intelligence.
00:55Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon from this point forward as being a shot
00:59fired from the weapons and leadership of Iran, and Iran will be held responsible and suffer
01:05the consequences, and those consequences will be dire.
01:08That is a statement from the President of the United States just moments ago.
01:11I have nothing additional to share, but our message to Iran is you better take this President
01:17seriously, and I think the Houthis learned that the hard way this past weekend.
01:20As I said in my opening remarks, there's a new sheriff in town, and this President
01:24is not just going to sit on his hands and allow terrorists to launch attacks on commercial
01:30vessels and U.S. Naval ships.
01:32Those actions will not be tolerated.
01:34Sure, Edward.