Trump: Iran made ‘big mistake’ shooting multimillion-dollar US drone down

By Dominick Mastrangelo

Published June 20, 2019 2:43pm ET

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Trump: Iran made ‘big mistake’ shooting multimillion-dollar US drone down — President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Washington. Trump is en route to Orlando, Fla., to announce his bid for re-election. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

President Trump warned Iran it had made a grave miscalculation in shooting down a Navy drone flying over the Strait of Hormuz Thursday.

“Iran made a very big mistake!” Trump tweeted Thursday morning.

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