美国苏凡中心高级研究员肯尼斯·卡茨曼表示，如果美国总统特朗普当时回应了沙特阿拉伯提出的军事援助请求，美国本可以阻止胡塞武装在也门的推进。卡茨曼表示：“鉴于美国空军行动的精准程度以及作战效能，美国空袭完全有可能阻止胡塞武装的推进，我们也就不会面临如今这样的危机。”他说，特朗普似乎对如何处理也门局势感到“困惑”，且并未展现出“高效三军统帅”应有的作为。“几十年来，美国一直将航行自由——尤其是中东能源流动的畅通——视为美国的核心利益。如今，美国却正受到伊朗以及也门胡塞武装的挤压。”卡茨曼说道，“特朗普先生现在似乎只是袖手旁观，几乎没有采取什么行动，却指望沙特阿拉伯能自行解决问题——但这不太可能发生。”

Trump said the Israeli prime minister will call him on Monday regarding the West Bank.

Tension between the Australian government and the Reserve Bank of Australia will surface publicly when RBA leadership appears before a parliamentary committee on Friday. The bank has repeatedly warned inflation is proving persistent. The RBA deputy governor recently said the public is “angry” about high inflation and that “wherever I go, all I hear is cost, cost, cost; inflation, inflation, inflation.” Those remarks may be read as a critique of heavy government spending.