WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump was on the verge of a crisis in the Iran war, faced with the rare instance of an American airman shot down and stranded deep inside enemy territory.
Then, the airman¡¯s daring weekend rescue gave the U.S. president the chance to quickly flip the script. Standing before cameras on Monday, Trump recast the perilous operation as a providential military triumph, leaning in to its cinematic elements ?to project strength and command of a five-week-old war that remains deeply unpopular with U.S. voters.
¡°We have incredibly talented people, ?and if ?the time comes, we move heaven and earth to bring them home safely,¡± Trump told reporters ?at the White House. ¡°God was watching us.¡±
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