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Trump Threatens Media After Admitting His Team Leaked Downed Pilot

Apr 6, 2026Left

Donald Trump announced his plans to arrest and detain the individual who first reported the missing airman in Iran—as soon as he figures out who it is.In the midst of a sprawling, nonsensical speech at the White House Monday, the president claimed that the government was going to hunt down the identity of the government employee who first revealed there…

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