Saudi Crown Prince Called Trump Twice on Houthis, US Declined to Intervene

Washington's refusal marks a notable limit on how far the US is willing to be drawn into a Gulf partner's fight, even when the request comes through a direct leader-to-leader channel and is repeated within a single day. For Riyadh, it signals that its security concerns over the Houthis will not automatically translate into American military backing. The open question is whether Saudi Arabia recalibrates its approach to the Houthis on its own, or whether the request simply lapses without a public shift in posture.