Trump Gushes Over His Policies – ‘thank You Mr. Tariff!’ – As Desperate Search Continues For Us Pilot Missing In Iran

President Donald Trump touted nan occurrence of his ain policies and complained astir nan “fake news” connected Truth Social Saturday, arsenic a hopeless hunt continues for the missing U.S. aviator changeable down successful Iran.

Trump’s reside connected Truth Social Saturday greeting ranged from fuming astir nan media and leveling caller threats against Iran, to jauntily celebrating his waste and acquisition tariffs amid soaring state prices.

“THANK YOU MR. TARIFF!” he crowed successful 1 post.

While he has been progressive connected his societal media platform, the president has kept a comparatively debased floor plan since reports of nan missing U.S. airman collapsed connected Friday, and nan past clip he said publically was precocious Wednesday successful an reside to nan federation astir nan war.

“Not only were nan jobs numbers GREAT yesterday, 178,000 caller jobs, but nan TRADE DEFICIT was down 55%, nan biggest driblet successful history. THANK YOU MR. TARIFF!” Trump celebrated successful 1 of nan posts. “All of this and, simultaneously, getting free of a Nuclear Iran. MAGA!!!” he added.

Trump’s first station of nan day was directed at The New York Times, wherever he gloated astir an error successful a header nan time anterior that misstated nan afloat sanction of NATO — which stands for nan North Atlantic Treaty Organization — arsenic “the North American Treaty Organization.”

“The Failing New York Times, whose deficiency of credibility, and their changeless Fake News attacks connected your favourite President, ME, has caused its circulation to perfectly PLUMMET, referred to our severely weakened and highly unreliable “partner,” NATO, arsenic nan North American Treaty Organization,” Trump said, calling it “a very absorbing mistake.”

His slew of Truth Social posts comes arsenic nan U.S. is successful a title against clip to find nan aviator of nan F-15 earlier nan Iranians do.

The president did not reside nan missing aviator straight successful immoderate of his Truth Social posts Saturday morning, but warned Iran to unfastened nan Strait of Hormuz wrong 48 hours aliases look nan consequences.

“Remember erstwhile I gave Iran 10 days to MAKE A DEAL aliases OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is moving retired - 48 hours earlier each Hell will reign down connected them,” Trump said, appearing to confuse nan usage of “rain” pinch “reign.”

Energy experts warned that immoderate escalations will apt proceed to push state prices up.

“More escalations for illustration this apt mean lipid prices proceed heading higher erstwhile markets unfastened tomorrow night,” GasBuddy expert Patrick De Haan reacted to Trump’s informing connected X. “We’re going to spot a twelve states and much push higher state prices down astir mid-day Monday, particularly successful value cycling states. Be prepared.”

Trump told The Independent that he is not yet fresh to opportunity what nan U.S. will do if Iranian forces get to nan downed airman first. “We dream that’s not going to happen,” nan president said successful a little telephone telephone Friday.

The downed F-15 is nan 4th American combatant craft — and nan sixth subject level — mislaid since Trump started nan monolithic aerial run against Tehran connected February 28. Three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle jets were downed by friends occurrence complete Kuwait successful March.

An A-10 onslaught level was reportedly deed successful nan Persian Gulf region, and nan aviator was rescued aft making it to Kuwaiti airspace, officials said.