The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday bombed sites that the Houthis use in Yemen, including weapons depots and defense radar systems.
The coalition attack was in retaliation for Houthi strikes on commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
While doing a tour of several small businesses in the Allentown, Pennsylvania, area on Friday, President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter if the U.S. will continue with the strikes if the attacks do not stop.
“The bombing of the Houthis — if the attacks don't stop, will you continue with the strikes?” the reporter asked the president.
“We will make sure that we respond to the Houthis as they continue this outrageous behavior, along with our allies,” Biden responded.
A reporter asked the president if we are in a proxy war with Iran. “No,” the president replied. “Iran does not want to war with us.”
Biden was also asked if he has confidence in Lloyd Austin following the defense secretary’s hospitalization scandal, to which he replied: “I do.”
