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Houthi attacks expose Iran’s desperation — here’s how Trump must respond

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Tehran saw its leverage slipping away — and expanded the battlefield to attack the United States and its allies from a different angle.

That’s the takeaway from this week’s fighting in Yemen, as Iran-aligned Houthi terrorists took aim at Saudi Arabia’s critical oil infrastructure and shipping routes.

When the US military proved it could escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that leads to the Indian Ocean, the regime was in a bind.

It lost its ability to choke off the exports of its Gulf neighbors, while remaining unable to export its own oil due to the ongoing US blockade.

Without revenue from its oil sales, an Iranian financial crisis is imminent — so the regime, through its terror proxies, seeks to open a new front in the energy war.

So far it has succeeded.

Houthis are the world’s biggest new threat to global oil supply — and US ally infighting is to blame

Critical oil pipeline will be offline for weeks after attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Iran is now threatening world’s largest oil facility and vast pipeline after Houthi attacks escalate

For the last several months Riyadh has relied on its East-West pipeline to export over 4 million barrels a day — roughly 4% of global oil supply — via northern and southern routes out of the Red Sea.

But last week Iraqi........

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