President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is talking to Yemen’s Houthi movement and that the group would also like to reach a deal, publicly acknowledging contacts with the Iran-aligned group as fighting in Yemen has intensified. Trump made the remarks to NewsNation, without publicly detailing the participants, location, terms or objectives of the discussions. The comments come days after Reuters reported that U.S. officials met Houthi representatives in Muscat, Oman, over the weekend.
The reported discussions come against…
