Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after 'screaming' at aides for hours, report

[highplainsdem]

Source: Independent

Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after ‘screaming’ at aides for hours, report says

When President Donald Trump learned that two American pilots had gone missing in Iran on Good Friday, he “screamed at aides for hours” and was then “kept out of the room” while his team was given minute-by-minute updates, according to a report.

An F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran on April 3, prompting a high-stakes rescue mission for the missing airmen. One crew member was swiftly rescued by U.S. forces after ejecting before the aircraft went down - but the second crew member spent more than 24 hours behind enemy lines before he was safely extracted.

Back in Washington, D.C., Trump’s fears about how the war was playing out “were ramping up,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

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“Aides kept the president out of the room as they got minute-by-minute updates because they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful,” the official told the newspaper.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-screamed-aides-missing-pilots-iran-b2960603.html

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Trump desperately craves affection and praise, yet not one photo op w the supposed rescued 2nd pilot - suspicious, no??

[displacedvermoter]

3. He wants to be the bride at every wedding,

the corpse at every funeral, and apparently the downed aviator at every rescue mission!

[RandomNumbers]

34. I'd be okay with the corpse thing

just sayin'

[displacedvermoter]

39. Never crossed my mind...

[magicarpet]

5. Maybe the second pilot had some derogatory things to say about the Iranian War fiasco.

And they did not want this pilot to voice his objections in public.

[NCDem47]

15. OR...there was no second pilot

Cover for something else.

Tin foil hat time!

[EX500rider]

33. The shot down plane has 2 crewmembers...1 pilot, 1 back seat weapons/radar operator nt

[magicarpet]

57. Why does the "Pentagon's Rescue Story" of the 2nd pilot strain most folks0lks credulity ?

A secret audacious mission to go get the 2nd downed pilot or a secret mission to get remaining processed uranium still buried under ground since the last Israeli/USA bombing runs from last summer - June 2025 ?

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U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that Israeli and U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities obliterated the program, but early intelligence assessments and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggest that the program may only have been set back a matter of months.

Link,.... https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2025-07/news/israel-and-us-strike-irans-nuclear-program

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The "Pilot Rescue" mission some say was an elaborate plan to confiscate any processed uranium buried underground with the centrifuges at the lab. Get that uranium and spirit it out of Iran to neutralize at a processing facility.

Thing is on this secret covert mission the US military used two large
C-130s, lots of other military equipment, and lots of soldiers went on this secret mission. These C-130 planes were the more heavy extraction team model with lots of equipment aboard. These planes were landed in the desert close to the formerly bombed out Iranian lab.

Due to excess weight the C-130 planes tires got stuck in the sand. And the wind of the jet engines kicked up a lot of desert sand and damaged the jet engines. The C-130s were rendered useless. The mission to dig up the processed uranium and remove it from the country of Iran was aborted.
The top secret extraction equipment on the C-130s could not be left behind because of security concerns. It was best decided to blow up the two C-130s to smithereens. So no trace of the top secret stuff fell into the hands of the enemy.

The Iranians knew that a large contingent of US soldiers were at this location on Iranian land and were quickly headed to that location. So the America military blew up the planes and got the fuck outta there.

Oh yes,... The second pilot... the US military reported that he was found hiding in a cave. They rescued him they say. And brought by I'm out safely.

The 2nd pilot rescue story disappeared from the media in a matter of days.

The 2nd pilot has never been interviewed by the media.

A photo of the second pilot has never been seen in the media.

But there is no reason to doubt President trDUMPee,... he has always only uttered the truth. There is no mention of the rescued pilot or access to this pilot to provide him a chance to explain this harrowing experience to the public. Nor has any photograph of this pilot been made available. Whiskey Pete - Kegsbreath has always been honest and forthcoming with the American public. Pete has only uttered the truth and any reports from the Pentagon have been accurate and reliable.

These two clowns like to brag their brains out about how the military has improved since their taking over. How professional the new military hss become. How trDUMP has created such A magnificent fighting force.

Why wouldn't they be hyper eager to brag a out every detail of this pilots rescued ? except they seem to want to only sweep the pilot rescue episode under the rug. This was a perfect opportunity to brag how they out maneuvered, out classed, and pulled a fast one in Iran's fucking backyard. But barely be peep mostly just the sound of only crickets.

Something does not seem kosher here. Why did these braggarts bury this story in such haste ?

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The international media is kicking the above story around - wondering too why the Pentagon rescued 2nd pilot story just does not make much sense.

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https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/did-us-try-to-steal-uranium-in-iran-under-guise-of-f-15-pilot-rescue-mission-170-plane-operation-raises-questions/articleshow/130076650.cms

[DBoon]

55. or maybe the second pilot wasn't a white male

[displacedvermoter]

40. I still think it was someone who for,

whatever reason, was not supposed to be up there.

I once became aware of an incident at the beginning of Desert Shield/Desert Storm when a new wing commander (O-6) went up in one of his B-52s in the copilot slot, in the first wave of strikes. He was not supposed to be up there cause he knew some really crucial stuff, and he could have been a real prize if captured.

I never found out the upshot of the incident, but have wondered about this since the news broke.

[Srkdqltr]

2. Why isn't he parading them around as heros? Unless he wanted them dead forsome reason?

This whole thing is idiotic.

[UpInArms]

8. He prefers them before they get shot down

And, heaven forbid if they are black or in some way injured … can’t be seen with those types

[magicarpet]

59. Oh my.. trDUMP would then find them defective human beings who should be hidden,...

.... from "White People's" view. Mustn't place my wife and female children in jeopardy.

[mtairyguy]

18. Might it be that their remarks would

…be something less than complimentary to trump? Might they actually question the mission or its planning?

[Farmer-Rick]

27. Exactly

Where are the rescued downed pilots?

[FakeNoose]

4. So now his staff are actively conspiring against him? Do tell....

[Lonestarblue]

9. What does that say about who is actually making decisions and running the country?

It seems that if Trump is not sleeping through meetings where major decisions are being made or throwing screaming temper tantrums, then someone else is in charge. He needs to be removed before he launches nuclear war!

[rampartd]

30. i'm suspecting the "major decisions" are coming from grok

it needs to be unplugged before it launches

[questionseverything]

49. It actually makes me feel a little better knowing the staff stepped in

So the service men could be rescued

[tanyev]

6. I'm sure Donny was very, very concerned--about what that would do to his approval ratings.

😒

[Hugin]

7. I'm sure they could still hear the screams through the blanket walls of the situation room.

Hindsight is 20/20, maybe they should have sent him out to the course to hit some dropped balls.

[GiqueCee]

10. He wanted the pilots found...

... before the last commercial break. Ratings, man, RATINGS!

[dalton99a]

11. +1. He should fire the producer

[karynnj]

12. Who has the power to keep Trump out of a room he wants to be in?

Other than not telling him where they are really meeting and having a decoy team meet with Trump to keep him occupied, how is this possible.

[TBF]

13. Exactly that - keep him occupied elsewhere.

He doesn't really know how things work, so it's probably not that hard to divert his attention.

[EarthFirst]

14. Keep him busy with fabric swatches and marble samples...

…it’s probably far easier than we could imagine.

[underpants]

22. I'd think Wiles and Miller can talk him into staying away

and as mentioned below, they probably distracted him fabric swaths and marble samples for the ballroom or the Kennedy Center

[Ray Bruns]

54. They just dangled some shiny keys in front of him.

Kept him busy for hours.

[Talitha]

16. "kept out of the room"

How?

A shopping cart full of McDonalds.

[angrychair]

17. "Downed pilots"

There is serious concerns that there never were any downed pilots but this was an operation to seize uranium from Iran.

Did they ever release the names of the downed pilot and navigator?
Ranks?
Cities or states they were from?

Medical condition?

Just asking questions.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

23. The pilots have never been identified AFAIK.

Which is why I think the rescue story is bullshit.

[underpants]

24. I can't 100% latch on to that theory BUT we all do remember Pvt. Jessica Lynch

She’s 42 now and seems to be doing well. She was used by Dick&W and an overzealous press.

As of late 2025, Jessica Lynch, 42, is a motivational speaker, advocate for women veterans, and substitute teacher living in West Virginia. A former POW rescued in 2003, she holds degrees in education and communication, works with the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance, and travels to share her story of resilienc




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch

[Grokenstein]

35. Hegseth probably has an opinion about her.

"Fuggin' (hic) DEI, maaaan. DEI h-hi-hire. Woooo! (vomits) No wa-wa-warrior spirit. Gimme another!!"

[twodogsbarking]

19. Our dog barks when confused too.

[NBachers]

20. And then there's Kash, who they had to break in on because he was passed-out drunk unconscious.

[AllyCat]

21. Do we KNOW either of them have been extracted?

Because it seems there are no interviews or news reports about or with them.

[Attilatheblond]

36. Pilots are generally bright and can think fast when a situation needs action beyond 'the book' They have to if they live

Seems plausible that if there were downed airmen, and they were rescued, they might not be amiable to saying good things about the crazy idiot who started the war.

[Sneederbunk]

25. Keeping TSF out of room good idea under all circumstances.

[evolves]

46. There's only one room I want him in,

and it's in a mausoleum.

[BidenRocks]

26. Why does this 'rescue' site look like Desert One?

C 130s destroyed is never a good sign of success.
Was that the blueprint for this fiasco?
The Wizzo likely died and it's a cover-up!
The pilot?
I do not trust our government to provide truthful, accurate information about anything!

[Crowman2009]

53. Then there was this BS story about how the aircraft were stuck in the mud.

Last time I checked, Iran was under a severe drought and that ground those downed MC-130s were on didn't look very muddy to me.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Grampy had himself another poopy fit?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

29. Karoline Leavitt told The Journal that Trump had "remained a steady leader our country needs."

[BaronChocula]

31. Can't wait for the musical "TRUMP"

I have an idea for a song.

They kept him out of the room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened

[JoseBalow]

32. He just can't stand not being the center of attention

Pathological Narcissist

[Attilatheblond]

37. Every attempt he makes to get himself out of a mess he created just creates a bigger mess

Somewhat comforting to know there are a few people in there who know that and actually worked to get info to solve the problem rather than letting Mr Rash Judgement get involved and make it a mess none of them would survive.

[Martin68]

38. Just the sort of person we want in office to receive that 3 AM phone call.

[riversedge]

41. Good for them. Trump is a big Blabbermouth!

[Martin Eden]

42. Was Trump concerned for the pilot, or for how this might look bad?

You don't have to answer that question. It was rhetorical.

[efhmc]

43. No one single thing he does is helpful.

[bdamomma]

44. You would think

he would just stroke out when he's out of control!!!

[hamsterjill]

45. This, in and of itself, shows that Trump is deemed incompetent by his own team and that he is being manipulated.

If the "aides" can keep him out of a room in the White House, then what else do they keep him from doing/not doing?

Paging Stephen Miller...

[Blue Owl]

47. They know that stupid fuck can't keep his fat yap shut

[BigmanPigman]

48. His whole cabinet needs to be held accountable and imprisoned too.

In 100 years historians will look at this period in amazement and wonder why no body did shit to stop him. Every single government worker who has enabled his insane destruction at a world wide level should be seen as the classic "Benedict Arnolds" of this century.

[wnylib]

52. I don't think that future historians will wonder..

By that time the influence of his enablers and the enablers themselves will be long gone. With nobody to obscure the truth, historians will be able to put together the facts from remnants of evidence.

Records of stock market changes, Trump statements, that influenced the market and Trump family wealth growth will tell that story.

The handlers and criminals will not be able to hide all the facts. There will be records of broadcasts. There will be books. There will be records in other countries.

Future historians will be able to put together who worked behind the scenes and why.

[BigmanPigman]

58. I wish I could time travel 100 years in the future

I want to see how this turns out.

[wnylib]

60. Same here.

[John1956PA]

50. On 09-11-2001, Cheney and his wife were in a secure operations room.

Richard Clarke wanted the large monitor to display intelligence feeds. Mrs. Cheney insisted that the monitor be tuned to CNN.

I am going by my memory in supplying the foregoing anecdote. I am sure that I read it somewhere shortly after 9-11. It may not be true.

Of interest is that the room might have been the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. That room was beneath The East Wing, all of which is now gone because of Trump.

[Skittles]

51. I remember a DUer saying Trump wasn't absent, he was "busy overseeing the rescue operation"

[leanforward]

56. He could not keep his mouth shut,

about what was being done behind the scenes. This was an ongoing recovery. If you are allowed in, you watch and listen and STFU when outside the SCIF.