President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that Iran may not have intentionally downed an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone. He said the public will “find out” about whether the U.S. intends to retaliate with a military strike.
“I find it hard to believe it was intentional,” Trump said during a White House meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“I think they made a mistake, and I’m not just talking the country made a mistake. I think that someone under the command of that country made a big mistake,” Trump said.
U.S. stocks briefly dipped to session lows after Trump said “you’ll soon find out” when asked if the U.S. would strike Iran. They resumed their climb with his subsequent comments about Iran’s intentions.
U.S. officials said earlier in the day that an Iranian missile had shot down the drone over the Strait of Hormuz, a shipping route through which much of the world’s oil flows. Iran claimed that the drone was above its territory.
Talking with reporters, Trump repeated the claim that the drone was flying above international waters. But the president suggested that the incident may have been unintended and done by someone who was “loose and stupid.” He declined to rule out talks with Tehran, saying that he would see what happens.
Trump declined to provide more specifics about a potential U.S. response.
Earlier Thursday, Trump tweeted “Iran made a very big mistake!”
Iranian state media first reported on the downing of the American military drone. The Iranian outlet Sepah News claimed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards shot down a U.S. “spy drone” over the southern province of Hormozgan.
Major Gen. Hossein Salami, who was the recently appointed to lead the Revolutionary Guard, told Iranian state TV that “Iran is not seeking war with any country, but we are fully prepared to defend Iran.”
The U.S. and Iran have sparred in recent weeks over two attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf region. Trump has accused Iran of being behind the attacks, which Iran has denied.
Talking out of both sides of his mouth. Gotta cover all bases. Mr. Popularity, growing more unpopular every single day.
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Trump says mossad downing of US drone may have been intentional
Oh
So
Can I get away with the same act and be treated the same way?
“I think they made a mistake, and I’m not just talking the country made a mistake. I think that someone under the command of that country made a big mistake,” Trump said.”
If the following is true (highly likely), then YOU’RE the @sshole that made a mistake, CHUMP…
https://www.rt.com/news/462387-iran-refrained-shooting-us-plane/
More bullsh#t concerning this incident…
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-usa/trump-says-he-aborted-retaliatory-strike-to-spare-iranian-lives-idUSKCN1TL07P
Yeah, right.
War drums…
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/i-know-which-country-the-u-s-will-invade-next/
“This leaves only one question: Who will be next on the list of U.S. illegal invasions cloaked in bullshit justifications? Well, last week, Iran finally did it: It switched from the dollar to the euro. And sure enough, this week, the U.S. military-industrial complex, the corporate media and Israel all got together to claim that Iran is lying about its nuclear weapons development. What are the odds that this news would break within days of Iran dropping the dollar? What. Are. The. Odds?”
Point taken.
Now THIS is interesting… why so hush-hush?
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/21/iran-and-us-officials-attend-a-russian-security-forum-but-nobody-is-talking-about-it/
First the Japanese tanker. And Trump did nothing. Now the drone. Still nothing. When do we start the national conversation if Trump’s lack of action to start another war a sign of anti-Semitism?”
— Blogger Ramzpaul
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He must not read Zerohedge (not the only site this story is on, either)…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-21/trump-backs-down-military-strike-iran-last-minute
I just took it as a comment on the insanity of all the anti-semite accusations flying around lately. A joke.
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Hopefully it’s facetious.