Brand New Details on Apache Helicopter Takedown

President Trump revealed dramatic new details Wednesday about the downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter earlier this week, calling the crew's survival a "miracle," and warned that he is getting close to ordering strikes on Iranian power plants and bridges if Tehran continues to stall at the nuclear negotiating table.

Speaking to Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst, Trump said an Iranian drone struck the Apache and lodged itself between the two pilots without detonating. Flying very low, with the drone on fire and generating intense heat inside the cockpit, the pilots had only seconds to bring the helicopter down into the sea. "It could have exploded at any moment," Trump said. Roughly two hours later, the crew was rescued, for the first time in U.S. military history, by an unmanned sea drone.

'I May Keep Going'

Trump said overnight U.S. strikes targeted Iranian radar systems and air defense sites that Iran had attempted to rebuild during the ceasefire, in violation of its commitments. He said the U.S. destroyed roughly 55% of what Iran had managed to reconstruct. Asked about Iranian missile fire that struck U.S. forces in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan overnight, Trump said, "I may keep going."

He said Iran is "tapping the United States along" at the negotiating table and warned that he is now getting close to targeting Iranian power plants and bridges, adding, "They had a chance to sign a deal and survive,"

The Nuclear Ultimatum

Yingst reported that Trump has presented Iran with two options: open the Strait of Hormuz and commit to abandoning its nuclear program, including exporting or destroying all enriched material, or face an intensified military campaign. Before the conflict began, Iran told U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff that it possessed enough highly enriched uranium for 11 nuclear bombs, a claim Trump said triggered the launch of Operation Epic Fury.

"All they had to do was sign and they could survive," Trump said.

Gulf States and Oil Prices

Oil prices remain around $80 to $90 per barrel, far below the $300 some analysts had forecast. Yingst reported that Gulf states have expressed concern about being targeted and about the security of their energy infrastructure. Trump acknowledged those concerns but signaled he is prepared to move forward regardless. He also said he continues to press Gulf allies, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to join the Abraham Accords as part of a broader push for regional normalization with Israel.