President Trump said at the White House Thursday that he would soon decide how the US would respond to the downing of a US drone by Iran. “You will soon find out,” Trump said as he welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a bilateral meeting. The two were expected to address reporters later.
Tensions have been mounting over last week’s attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, assaults that Washington has blamed on Iran, which has denied the accusations.
Then, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it had shot down the RQ-4A Global Hawk drone over Iranian territory, while the US said the downing happened over international airspace in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US Central Command called it an “unprovoked attack” and Trump tweeted that “Iran made a very big mistake” in shooting it down.
White House officials huddled Thursday morning to discuss a response to Iran’s downing of the US Navy drone amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
The Defense Department announced Tuesday it would send 1,000 more troops to the region after the US said Tehran was involved in attacking two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week.
The deployment is part of a defensive buildup by the US that included sending the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, B-52 bombers and Patriot anti-missile defenses to Qatar.
Poster Comment:
The Corporate-Globalist run media narrative and spin no longer is credible. And no longer do they report truth, so we must correct the reality as much as possible.
What was NOT mentioned in this NY Post "report":
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
The NWO-Globalists and Shadow Elites are struggling to maintain their power...
THEY believe Iran and Trump are now caught between a rock and hard place. BUT ARE THEY?
Iran was forced to shoot down a US drone whose obvious mission was to fly over Iranian territory, baiting their air defenses into shooing it down.
(They believe) President Trump is now forced to "punish" Iran or risk looking "soft".
Trump's reaction: "Iran made a very big mistake."
The US Central Command: "[This was an] "unprovoked attack." THIS IS A LIE.
Yesterday, Trump characterized the ongoing noise with Iran to be "very minor." I guess US Centcom found his de-escalating comment to be troubling to a war they desperately want/need, so they decided to force Trump's hand.
(John Bolton is unavailable for comment thus far.)
