“I think the Houthis learned this past weekend … there’s a new sheriff in town,” she said, referring to US strikes on Yemen. “This president is not just going to sit on his hands and allow terrorists to launch attacks on commercial vessels and US naval ships, those actions will not be tolerated,” she added. Leavitt had earlier blamed Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on former President Joe Biden’s “pathetic weakness”. (Aljazeera)