Trump to describe risky rescue mission as Iran rebuffs U.S. war demands

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

The rescue of an F-15 crewman averted a potentially disastrous POW situation, but Trump’s threats showed rising frustration amid an increasingly dangerous and politically unpopular war.

April 6, 2026 at 6:01 a.m. EDT46 minutes ago

An undated image released Sunday and obtained from social media appears to show wreckage of an American aircraft and a helicopter rotor in Isfahan, Iran. (Reuters)

JERUSALEM — As President Donald Trump prepared to hold a White House news conference to celebrate the rescue of the crew of a F-15E fighter shot down in Iran, his escalating threats to bomb power plants and bridges suggested rising frustration that Tehran has shown no willingness to surrender after more than five weeks of an increasingly expensive, dangerous and politically unpopular war.