Pilot rescue mission, Trump: We will find the person who leaked the information

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Pilot rescue mission, Trump: We will find the person who leaked the information
Donald Trump

The US president has claimed that the US war against Iran is going well and that US forces can "destroy" the entire country in a single night.

"The whole country could be destroyed overnight," Trump said. "And that night could be tomorrow night."

Meanwhile, Trump has described the operation that led to the rescue of American pilots in Iran as "historic."

"The Iranian people gave them an incredible reward to find the pilot, he climbed thanks to his training skills. They have to go as far away from the scene as possible and he was wounded, it was an extraordinary way with an extraordinary amount of bleeding, he had the opportunity to meet American forces thanks to an apparatus. When they come out of these missions, they make sure to find equipment.

We mobilized a massive operation to pull him off the mountain that was holding him hostage. The second rescue mission, hundreds of aircraft and a fuel supply, we had it all ready, thousands of people were searching for our pilots. We had 9 planes circling in a small area off the coast, an extraordinary display of US military power, we left US territory without leaving a single casualty. Historic armaments that we had for 24 hours.

"When we left we had two big planes that held a lot, but they needed more equipment. It was wet sand and we thought there would be problems getting the plane to take off," Trump said at the press conference.

Trump said US authorities are trying to identify the person who "leaked" information that a second airman had been stranded in Iran after the first was rescued.

He says Iran was unaware of the co-pilot's condition before this report, which made the American rescue operation "much more difficult."

Trump said that US authorities will ask the media company that published the report to reveal the identity of the person who leaked the information, or face criminal prosecution.

"We're trying very hard to find that person," Trump said. "We believe we're going to find him, because we're going to go to the media company that published it and we're going to say, 'This is a matter of national security - give them your name or go to jail.'"


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