Some cheery news on Easter Sunday as US President Donald Trump has just announced through Truth Social that the missing American crew member is SAFE and SOUND” after being rescued by US military forces.
“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History,” Trump says.
Trump went on to say the missing crew member, “a highly respected Colonel” … who “was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies” but that fellow US forces “were monitoring his location 24 hours a day”.
Trump said he was thrilled to say he is “now SAFE and SOUND!”
“He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine,” Trump continues in his Truth Social post about the retrieved crew member.
The “miraculous” mission comes after the rescue of “another brave pilot” yesterday, which Trump says “we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation”.
He writes: “WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND!”
Current and former US military officials are already celebrating the rescue.
“The US military has an ethos to never leave someone behind,” says Mick Mulroy, a former US Marine, CIA paramilitary officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East.
“Today was an incredible example of that core commitment.
“The US military, the intelligence community and especially those that carried this out, deserve the gratitude of the American people,” he adds.
In his post on Truth Social announcing the rescue of the crew member, Trump also shares that the operation was carried out “without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded”.
This comes after our White House reporter writes that there was “engagement” between the US and Iranian forces during the rescue.
Trump signs off: “GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!”
