TRUMP: HOUTHIS CALLED. THEY DON'T WANT TO FIGHT US. MOST SHIPS GO THROUGH.

WAR DESK — Dublin, Saturday. President Donald Trump, in a bilateral with Irish counterpart Micheál Martin, is reported by named Dublin wraps to say the Houthis have contacted Washington, do not want the United States to go after them, and that most ships are getting through the Bab el-Mandeb. Extra files that as wire attribution — Türkiye Today’s Dublin reporters and Caliber.Az — not as Extra’s own pool quote sheet. PATH /war/trump-houthis-called-us-sep12. DESK_ID trump-houthis-called-us-sep12.

What the wraps attribute. Türkiye Today (Dublin reporters) and Caliber.Az carry Trump saying, in substance: the Houthis called us; they don’t want to fight with us; most ships are going through. Extra prints that as attributed colour from those wraps. It does not invent a Houthi foreign-ministry statement, a written ceasefire text, or a CENTCOM confirmation that a call happened.

Houthis called. They don’t want to fight us. Most ships go through — ATTRIB Dublin wraps. Tape HOLD. Distinct from MBS kinetic Extra.

Still vs tape — HARD HOLD. Hero still: RTÉ News pool frame of Trump with Micheál Martin in Dublin on Saturday, 12 September 2026 — LIVE badge and RTÉ News chrome visible in the circulating package shared by @ClashReport (X status 2098713229128008152). That still is a bilateral meeting plate. It is NOT proof that the attributed Houthi lines were spoken on this file’s audio. Extra does not certify the circulating audio.

Circulating Clash cut — QA HOLD cheapfake. Desk watch on the circulating @ClashReport video found real RTÉ Dublin pool visuals but AI/TTS-cloned audio markers and poor lip-sync / mouth artifacts. VIDEO=no on this Extra. Extra does not host the mp4 as authentic event tape and does not caption the hero as “Trump saying this on this tape.” The news claim rides the Dublin wire wraps; the circulating cut stays on the HOLD shelf.

Distinct from the LIVE MBS Extra. Thursday’s kinetic-decline file — /war/trump-rejects-mbs-houthi-strikes — owns Axios-attributed MBS calls pressing for US strikes and Trump’s decline into intel + targeting only. This Saturday Dublin Extra owns the attributed “Houthis called / don’t want to fight / most ships go through” frame only. Do not merge ledgers. Do not rewrite Thursday’s Extra as Saturday’s quote.

Coast / Mayyun stays separate. Friday’s coast-and-islands Extra — /war/houthis-bab-el-mandeb-coast-islands-sep11 — owns government/AFP/Reuters attribution that Houthis completed the western coast and reached Mayyun/Perim, with a thin Houthi-confirm flag. Oil dual-choke and East-West pipeline Extras stay their own money/war ledgers. Cross-link OK. Merge forbidden.

FLAG — Yahya Saree is a different ledger. Named wraps also carry Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree saying navigation is safe for all but Saudi shipping. Extra does not merge Saree’s line into Trump’s attributed Dublin remarks. Saree stays labeled, separate, and not invented as a Trump quote.

CLAIM vs CONFIRMED. CONFIRMED as ATTRIB to Türkiye Today Dublin reporters / Caliber.Az: Trump in Dublin Sat 12 Sep framed as saying Houthis contacted the US, do not want to fight the US, and that most ships are passing. CONFIRMED as still discipline: RTÉ News pool bilateral still (Trump + Micheál Martin, Dublin) via circulating @ClashReport package — meeting plate only. CONFIRMED as desk QA: circulating Clash audio HOLD as likely cheapfake (real visuals, cloned audio / lip-sync artifacts) — VIDEO=no; Extra does not certify the tape. NOT here: invented Houthi statement; invented CENTCOM call log; merge with trump-rejects-mbs-houthi-strikes; merge Saree “safe except Saudi” into Trump’s mouth; hosted Clash mp4 as authentic. FALSE framing — do not use: “Nth Meridian confirms Houthis phoned Trump on certified tape” or “Nth Meridian merges Saree into the Dublin quote.” VIDEO=no. Nailed down, 12 September 2026, 12:35 GMT. PATH /war/trump-houthis-called-us-sep12. DESK_ID trump-houthis-called-us-sep12. Beat WAR / EXTRA. PHOTO: RTÉ News pool via @ClashReport. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent Houthi statements or certify cheapfake audio.

DESK_ID trump-houthis-called-us-sep12. Canonical /war/trump-houthis-called-us-sep12. Filed 12 September 2026, 12:35 GMT. Dublin wire Extra — VIDEO=no. Verification: Türkiye Today www.turkiyetoday.com/region/the-houthis-called-us-and-they-dont-want-to-fight-with-us-trump-says-3227984 ; Caliber.Az; circulating @ClashReport still package x.com/clashreport/status/2098713229128008152 — verification only, do not republish; Clash audio HOLD cheapfake (desk QA). Distinct from /war/trump-rejects-mbs-houthi-strikes and /war/houthis-bab-el-mandeb-coast-islands-sep11. FLAG: do not merge Yahya Saree “safe except Saudi” as Trump quote. Photo: RTÉ News pool via @ClashReport — Dublin bilateral still; not proof of quote on this tape. VIDEO=no. AdSense untouched. NTH MERIDIAN does not invent Houthi statements or certify cheapfake audio.