Trump ISSUES WARNING to Houthis after hinting at MAJOR Iran move

PETER: AFTER ALMOST TWO WEEKS OF. DAILY STRIKES AGAINST IRAN,, THE. TWO NIGHTS HAVE BEEN REMARKABLY. QUIET. THIS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP WARPED. EARLIER WEEK THE U.S. IS LOCKED. AND LOADED IF TENSIONS REACH A. TIPPING POINT. FOX NEWS CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST IS. HEAVE IN TEL AVIV WITH THE. LATEST. -- LIVE IN TEL AVIV. >> Reporter: FOR NOW THE. UNITED STATES HAS HALTED STRIKES. AS TENSION REMAINS HIGH ACROSS.

THE MIDDLE EAST. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE. INDICATED THAT MANY OPTIONS ARE. REMAIN ON THE TABLE INCLUDING A. MILITARY OPTION FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP AS HE EXPLORES SOLUTIONS. INVOLVING FORCE AND DIPLOMACY. >> AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THEY'RE GOING TO SET SOME THINGS. UP, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH. LEFT. BY WAY, THEY ARE TALKING TO US. RIGHT NOW. THEY'D LOVE TO MAKE A DEAL. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE READY. TO,KING I DON'T THINK IT'S TIME. YET, BUT I'M WILLING TO LISTEN. BUT THEY CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. >> Reporter: WHITE HOUSESE. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR STEVEN.

CHUNG TOLD FOX NEWS DIGITAL THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN. CONSISTENT IN SAYING HE PREFERS. A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, BUT HE. CONTINUES TO RETAIN ALL OPTIONS. IF IRAN CONTINUES TERROR. ACTIVITIES IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ OR AGAINST ALLIES. THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE REMAINS. IN EFFECT AS ECONOMIC PRESSURE. IS BEING FELT INSIDE OF IRAN. [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]. >> TRANSLATOR: THE ECONOMIC. SITUATION IS MUCH WORSE THAN. PREVIOUS YEARS. IF WE TAKE INFLATION INTO. ACCOUNT, IT MAY HAVE NEARLY. DOUBLED. INCOMES HAVE FALLEN, AND THE.

VALUE OF OUR CURRENCY HAS. DECLINED. ALL OF THIS HAS AN IMPACT AND. LIFE HAS BECOME A BIT MORE. DIFFICULT. >> Reporter: AS U.S. AND. IRANIAN OFFICIALS SAY DIPLOMATIC. EFFORTS ARE I DON'T THINK GOING. TO -- ONGOING, THE IRAN-BACKED. HOUTHIS IN YEMEN ARE ONCE AGAIN. IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH SAUDI. ARABIA AFTER ATTACKING T TWO. SAUDI-OWNED OIL TANKERS LAST. WEEK. THE SAUDIS RESPONDED AGAINST THE. PROXY GROUP, THE HOUTHIS THEN. RAMPED UP ATTACKS ON SAUDI OIL.

REFINERIES OVER THE WEEKEND. DAYS AGO PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED. A WARNING TO THE HOUTHIS SAYING. IF THESE ATTACKS ON VESSELS IN. THE RED SEA CONTINUE, BOTH THE. HOUTHIS AND IRAN WOULD PAY A. MILITARY PRICE. THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. IN THE REGION, BUT AN ONGOING. U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP CONTINUES. TO GIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP A. VARIETY OF OPTIONS MOVING. FORWARD. PETER? PETER: TREY YINGST, THANK YOU. LET'S NOW BRING IN FORMER. CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER AND. RETIRED U.S. NAVAL SEAL VICED A.

MILLER HARWARD. ADMIRAL. VICE ADMIRAL. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THINKING OF A. BUG YOU ARE THAN EVER -- BIGGER. THAN EVER ATTACK O ON IRAN. MIKE WALTZ JUST SAID THAT HE. HASN'T MADE A DECISION. IF HE DECIDES TO TO GO WITH THIS. ATTACK, DO WE HAVE A BOMB BIG. ENOUGH TO GET THESE GUYS. INTERESTED IN PEACE TALKS AGAIN? >> WELL, ANY SINGULAR BOMB ISN'T. THE ANSWER. IT'S THE OVERALL EFFORTS AND. CAPABILITIES. AND I THINK THE REAL OPTIONS.

THEY MAY BE PREPARING NOW FOR IS. BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO REALLY. SHOW THE IRANIAN PEOPLE THAT. WE'RE MOVING TO THE END OF THIS. GOVERNMENT IN IRAN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S COME TO. THE REALIZATION. THEY TRIED THE MO TO U, GAVE. THEM THE OPPORTUNITY -- THE MOU. THEY RESPONDED WITH AGGRESSION. GOING AFTER THE STRAIT, SO I. THINK THE PRESIDENT'S PREPARING. TO GO THE FULL WAY ON THIS. AND THAT'S WHY PART OF THIS. BREAK IN THE OPPOSITION FORCES. CAN BE PREPARED TO GO TO THE. NEXT STEP OF ESCALATION.

PETER: AND IF HE DOES DECIDE TO. PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND LIKE. YOU'RE SAYING, THERE'S A REAL. DANGER BECAUSE IRAN IS NOW. GETTING HELP FROM, APPARENTLY, FROM SOME SUPERPOWERS. EACH THOUGH THE U.S. IS -- CAN. EVEN THOUGH THE U.S. HAS REALLY. ROCKED THE IRANIAN MILL SHARE --. MILITARY, THEY'RE STILL SHOOTING. MISSILES AND DRONES AND KILLING. AMERICANS. THE WAR SECRETARY SUGGESTED THAT. CHINA AND RUSSIA MIGHT HAVE. THEIR HAND IN THIS. LISTEN TO THIS. >> AND YOU SAID TODAY THAT. RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE NOT.

HELPING. EARLIER THIS WEEK THE WAR. SECRETARY, HEGSETH, SAID THAT. THEY ARE ENABLING. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT. THEY'RE ENABLING. I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU THAT. PRESIDENT XI SAID HE WILL NOT. PARTAKE, AND PRESIDENT PUTIN. SAID THE SAME THING. I THINK -- YOU KNOW, I TRUST. THEM. PETER: IF CHINA AND RUSSIA. AREN'T HELPING IRAN, WHO IS? >> NO, THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT. RUSSIA ASK CHINA ARE INVOLVED. THIS IS IN THEIR STRATEGIC.

EFFORTS TRYING TO GET OIL FROM. OUT OF IRAN AT A DISCOUNTED. PRICE. IT CONTINUES TO UNDERMINE THE. WEST. SO THIS ALLIANCE BETWEEN -- AND. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS REALIZED AND. SAID THIS, BETWEEN CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA'S. IRREFUTABLE. AND THE OTHER THREE ARE. NUCLEAR-ARMED STATES. OF COURSE THEY'RE ASSISTING IN. PROVIDING ENABLERS WITH.

MATERIAL, WITH INTELLIGENCE, ANYTHING THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN IN. CONFLICT WITH ALL OF THEM FOR. DECADES. AND NONE OF THEM WANT TO. CONFRONT IF US MILITARILY, BUT. THEY'VE ALL COME AT US. ASYMMETRICALLY. CYBER ATTACKS, THEY'VE THREATEN. THREATENED PEOPLE IN OUR. COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IRANIANS. YES, I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. THEY MUTUALLY SUPPORT EACH. OTHER'S INTERESTS. PETER: AND THIS CONFLICT, WHEN. IT WAS STILL WITH THE EPIC.

FURY," BEGAN DAY ONE THE U.S. TOOK OUT THE SUPREME LEADER, THE. AYATOLLAH. THE SECRET SERVICE IS REALLY. WORRIED ABOUT THE IRANIANS. TRYING TO KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS THIS. PIECE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. ABRUPTLY SWITCHED AIRCRAFT. EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER. OFFICIALS JUDGED A CREDIBLE. THREAT THAT IRANIAN PROXY FORCES. WERE TARGETING HIM AND AIR FORCE. ONE. DOES IRAN HAVE THE ABILITY OR. THEIR PROXY ISES HAVE THE. ABILITY TO SHOOT DOWN AIR FORCE. ONE? >> WELL, THAT'S THE GREAT.

UNCERTAINTY. BUT THE FACT IS THEY'VE BEEN. SAYING THIS FOR YEARS, IT'S. CLEARLY THEIR INTENT. THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE. CAPABILITY, MAYBE THEY DO, BUT. THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN. SAYING THIS FOR YEARS AND FOR. YEARS WE'VE HAD TO PROVIDE. PROTECTION TO OUR LEADERSHIP IN. THE U.S. BECAUSE OF SURROGATES. AND AGENTS OF IRAN IS COMPLETELY. UNACCEPTABLE, INDICATIVE WHY WE. HAVE TO REMOVE A GOVERNMENT IN. IRAN WHICH NO LONGER SUPPORTS.

THESE POLICIES. IT'S TARGETING OUR LEADERSHIP IN. THE U.S. AND OTHER PLACES, GOING. AFTER AIR FORCE ONETHEY HAVE A. STING OR SOME SORT OF ELEMENT OF. POWER THAT THEY WERE PROVIDED BY. EITHER THE RUSSIANS OR THE. CHINESE. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST A. CONFIRMATION OF WHAT IRAN HAS. BEEN DOING FOR DECADES AND WHY. THE PRESIDENT NOW I HAS THIS. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AFTER. AN ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT --.

ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT IN IRAN. THAT WILL MEAN PEACE AND. STABILITY IN THE REGION FOR. DECADES TO COME. AND, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL. INDICATORS OF WHY WE HAVE THIS. OPPORTUNITY NOW AND WE CANNOT. LOSE IT. PETER: AND TO YOUR TO POINT. ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP POSSIBLY. PUTTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND. THERE, HE SAYS HE'S NOT THINKING. ABOUT THE MID ETERNAL ELECTIONS, HE JUST WANTS TO DO WHAT'S RIGH. SO IT COULD BE A TOTAL ZAG LIK.