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Thursday, June 20, 2019
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
Trump plays down Iran’s downing of US drone, says he has feeling it was a mistake
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is playing down Iran’s downing of an American drone, saying that it might have been a mistake executed by someone just being “loose and stupid.”
Trump tells reporters that the downing of the drone was a “new wrinkle” in escalating tensions between the US and Iran — a “fly in the ointment.”
He is coy about whether the US would respond, saying only that “you’ll find out.”
He says he has a feeling that it was a mistake — that a “general or somebody” made a mistake in shooting that drone down.
But he adds that Iran made a “big mistake” and that the US “will not stand for it.”
Trump’s words appear to signal that there may not be an immediate US response to the incident.
— AP
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