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7. Trump says US 'must' respond after Iran shot down US Army helicopter near Strait of Hormuz

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 02:49 PM

5 hrs ago

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-ceasefire-helicopter-hezbollah-israel-9-june-2026-50d7a8ecbb2cf33836af152679adb40e

President Donald Trump blamed Iran for shooting down a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and said the United States must respond to the attack.

In the first known operation of its kind by the American military, a drone boat rescued the two aviators who were aboard the Apache attack helicopter when it went down near the critical shipping lane that Iran has effectively closed during its war with the U.S. and Israel.

Trump said in a social media post that military officials told him “the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters.” He added that both service members “are safe and uninjured.”

“Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack,” Trump wrote.
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Iran shot down Apache helicopter [View all] SamuelTheThird 5 hrs ago OP

Well Jilly_in_VA 5 hrs ago #1

"The White House did not immediately respond to a request for additional context on any planned response. sop 5 hrs ago #2

I caught that, too. DFW 5 hrs ago #6

Trump's in his final throes... sop 4 hrs ago #8

Or maybe the M&Ms (Musk and Miller) will turn him into El Cid DFW 4 hrs ago #9

Vance is getting in on the bullshit megaphoning SamuelTheThird 3 hrs ago #11

Probably Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile dalton99a 5 hrs ago #3

Wait.........I thought we won 3 months ago? Ars Longa 5 hrs ago #4

In two weeks? Sequoia 5 hrs ago #5

Trump says US 'must' respond after Iran shot down US Army helicopter near Strait of Hormuz nitpicked 5 hrs ago #7

Trump in an interview with WSJ: Downplays helicopter attack, saying it "wasn't a big deal" SamuelTheThird 3 hrs ago #12

They managed to do this with their "obliterated" military. City Lights 4 hrs ago #10

Without knowing the details Texas_Blue_Dem 58 min ago #15

Striking Iran now SamuelTheThird 2 hrs ago #13

US illegally bombed a school malaise 2 hrs ago #14

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