Donald Trump wants to know who leaked details about the missing U.S. airman who was rescued from the mountains of Iran in a high-stakes mission on Sunday.

The U.S. carried out a daring operation to extract two airmen who ejected from the F-15E fighter jet that was shot down by Iranian forces on Friday. The military plucked the pilot out of Iranian territory on Friday, and later pulled out the second service member who was hiding in the mountains.

But during a press conference on Monday, Trump accused a media organization of jeopardizing the mission for reporting that a second airman was missing on Friday. He did not name the media organization, but threatened to jail the journalist who first reported that a second airman was missing.

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    6 hours ago

    Weird how none of these pilots have actually been named, nor have their families said anything

    I don’t think the USA rescued anyone. I think this was a failed attempt to transport uranium out of Iran.

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      3 hours ago

      The appearance of AI slop pilots doesn’t instill confidence, plus Trump lies about everything.