In a Wall Street Journal phone interview on Tuesday, Trump said the blockade is making Iran "very poor" and that he will maintain it as needed. He downplayed a US Apache helicopter crash as "no big deal," saying the pilots were safe. Trump earlier asserted Iran shot down the Apache during a patrol over the Strait of Hormuz and said the US must respond. A CENTCOM spokesman said the Apache crew were in the water for about two hours before being rescued after a nighttime crash; a senior US official

In a Wall Street Journal phone interview on Tuesday, Trump said the blockade is making Iran "very poor" and that he will maintain it as needed. He downplayed a US Apache helicopter crash as "no big deal," saying the pilots were safe. Trump earlier asserted Iran shot down the Apache during a patrol over the Strait of Hormuz and said the US must respond. A CENTCOM spokesman said the Apache crew were in the water for about two hours before being rescued after a nighttime crash; a senior US official called their escape "miraculous."