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A senior official said advisers limited updates to avoid disrupting decisions as one crew member was rescued quickly and another was extracted hours later.
- Military advisers intentionally excluded President Donald Trump from the command room during a high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
- Haunted by the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, Trump screamed at aides for hours after the fighter jet was shot down, repeatedly blaming European allies for not assisting with the rescue effort.
- The extraction operation, which took place over a tense 24-hour period during Easter weekend, was plagued by the same "blood and sand" complications that have historically bedeviled U.S. efforts in the region.
- While one crew member was rescued quickly, the second remained behind enemy lines for more than 24 hours before extraction, prompting Trump to post a profanity-laced ultimatum threatening to leave Iran "living in Hell."
- Despite public threats to "destroy Iranian civilization," the report reveals Trump remains the primary internal obstacle to a full-scale ground invasion, with administration officials eyeing upcoming talks in Pakistan for a breakthrough.
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Meltdown in Iran situation room: Donald Trump ‘locked out’ after furious rant at aides
Donald Trump Iran situation room: In a high-stakes rescue operation following the downing of a US fighter jet in Iran, President Donald Trump was reportedly excluded from the Situation Room due to concerns about his temper. The mission successfully extracted the stranded pilot after 24 hours, despite Trump's absence from briefings.
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der Standard DEIn April, a US fighter jet had been shot down. At the crisis meeting, the US president's staff felt that his impatience was not helpful, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The US president is said to have been excluded from a crisis meeting to rescue a missing soldier because of his temperament.
US military brass sidelined Trump during Iranian extraction operation, says report
As the tensions in West Asia continue to escalate, an explosive report revealed that American military advisers intentionally excluded US President Donald Trump from the command room during the high-stakes search for a US airman downed in Iran.
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