Trump says Iran was responsible for downing American helicopter and that US must respond

Battle Of The Missiles — The Apache Scam

By Larry C. Johnson, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | June 10, 2026 A truly bizarre series of events off the coast of Iran today that in my opinion were entirely provoked, if not staged, by the US. It started with multiple news reports that a US Army Apache helicopter had been shot down in the Persian Gulf but the two pilots emerged unscathed. What the hell was an Apache helicopter doing? The AH-64 Apache is a twin-engine attack hel…

Three choices now define Trump's Iran war and all of them have a cost – Democratic Accent

In the months leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I served as a strategist at the Pentagon, where I had unusual access to military thinking, intelligence assessments, and senior-level discussions. I regularly attended meetings hosted by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Richard Myers. From the outside, it looked like Washington spoke with one confident voice. The Bush administration telegraphed ce…

Trump reveals secret US mission Apache helicopter was executing before being downed by Iranian drone

The AH-64 attack helicopter was defending commercial oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz when it was struck by an Iranian Shahed drone, later leading to exchanges of strikes between US and Iran

Trump recounts how Army pilots involved in helicopter crash and drone boat rescue were ‘very lucky’

An Iranian “bomb” got lodged in a U.S. military helicopter earlier this week, but fortunately for the pilots, the weapon didn’t explode, President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday. An Army AH-64 Apache crashed during a patrol operation Monday near the Strait of Hormuz. The two U.S. soldiers who were on board the aircraft survived and were later rescued by a Navy Corsair maritime drone operated by 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59, according to U.S.…

‘They got very lucky,’ Trump says of downed Apache helicopter’s crew

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said two U.S. Army aviators “got very lucky” after an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was downed by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing that American retaliation for the incident is not over. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president declared, “We hit them hard yesterday and we’re going to hit them hard again today.”Trump initially claimed in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that Iran had sh…

'Morning Joe' Questions Trump's 'Frightening' Desperation to End Iran War

The hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” slammed President Trump Wednesday for his initial, nonchalant response to an Iranian drone attack on a U.S. Apache helicopter this week, calling his desperation to end the war in the Middle East “absolutely fascinating and frightening.” On Monday, an Iranian drone was used to bring down a U.S. Apache military helicopter. The survivors of the attack were rescued from the Strait of Hormuz and America responded T…