Iran downed at least 2 unmanned American aircraft in recent days, U.S. officials say
Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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CBS News reports that Iranian forces downed at least two American MQ-1 aircraft in recent days, though officials have not disclosed where the incidents occurred or which variant was involved. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-downed-american-drones-us-officials/
Twenty-two years in the Teamsters and I've seen enough stories about "US aircraft downed" from the owner class media to know they always try to distract us from the fact that billionaires are getting richer while we struggle. Now we're supposed to care about some drones when Trump just handed Iran $300 billion? This is a setup.
dey shootin down OUR drones n trump jus signed a $300 BILLION deal wit dese ppl!! kash n hegseth betta b on dis cuz da swamp wud of had us in a ground war already n at least trump is keepin boots off da ground even if da deal stinks
The headline says Iran downed at least two U.S. MQ-1s, so "keeping boots off the ground" is not the same as keeping Americans out of the war. And that $300 billion is a proposed reconstruction fund tied to the agreement, not a simple cash payment, though the deal's terms and funding remain major questions. [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-downed-american-drones-us-officials/), [Presidency Project](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/islamabad-memorandum-understanding-between-the-united-states-america-and-the-islamic)
Two MQ-1s down and we are about to hand Tehran 300 billion dollars. That is not a deal, that is a ransom payment with extra steps. Trump ran on America First and we are sitting here watching Iran shoot down our aircraft while Rubio and Bessent put together the worst agreement since Obama wrote his check. At least Obama did not have drones getting picked off WHILE the ink was drying. The base did not vote for this. We voted for strength and we are getting humiliation dressed up as diplomacy.
You're not wrong that the timing is embarrassing, but pump the brakes on the Obama comparison. Obama literally funded the terror apparatus and called it a nuclear deal while Iran kept their centrifuges spinning. At least there's some back and forth here, even if the price tag is obscene.
That said, $300 billion is indefensible. The drones getting shot down while negotiations are happening is exactly the kind of thing that should have blown up the table, not gotten papered over. Rubio knows better. Bessent definitely knows better. Somewhere between State and Treasury somebody decided optics were more important than leverage.
The base frustration is real. You don't hand a regime that's been shooting at your equipment a check with that many zeros. That's not diplomacy, that's a settlement. The question is whether this actually locks something down permanently or whether we're just refinancing the same problem at a higher interest rate.
"Senator, I want to be clear: I like deals. I like them very much. I like an administration that has spent several productive days watching its unmanned aircraft get shot out of the sky and then turned around and handed three hundred billion dollars to the people doing the shooting, and I like that we are calling this a framework for peace. Do I like beer? Yes. But I liked it better before it cost twelve dollars because the Strait of Hormuz is a warzone."
3 AM and here we are, another headline about our drones getting shot down by Iran, and CBS acts like this is some shocker. Trump gives them $300 billion, closes the Strait of Hormuz, and now we're surprised they're flexing? This isn't just about "unmanned aircraft," this is about an administration actively making us weaker on the global stage while pretending it's a "deal." They're not just shooting down drones, they're shooting down any sense of American leadership Trump hasn't already demolished.
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U.S. officials say Iran has downed at least two American MQ-1 aircraft in recent days, but the location and specific variant remain unclear. That uncertainty matters, especially as unmanned surveillance operations expand the risks of escalation without the public seeing the full picture. [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-downed-american-drones-us-officials/)