'They want us to lose the war': Trump erupts over reports on 'damaged' US military assets

[turbinetree]

By Alexander Willis
Published March 14, 2026 9:58 AM ET

President Donald Trump erupted at multiple media outlets Saturday over their reporting on an Iranian strike on U.S. military assets in Saudi Arabia, insisting that the coverage was not only false, but was causing great “damage” to his administration’s war effort.

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that five Air Force refueling planes in Saudi Arabia were struck by Iranian missiles, leaving them “damaged but not fully destroyed." The New York Times and other outlets had also reported as such.

Trump fiercely contested the reporting, arguing that not only were claims of the planes being “damaged” exaggerated, but that the media outlets in question were actively pushing for the United States to “lose the war.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676105566/


First and foremost shit for brains..................you and your lackeys lost the war....................second you made this bed.......................don't blame us, look in the mirror................you and your lackeys caused 13 families to lose love one's and over 100 injured, and you and your lackeys have cost this county billions and it is rising..............you and your lackeys own this BS.........along with the maga senate and the 6 maga US Supreme Court justices ..........................end of story...........

[vapor2]

1. It was this MOFO who called soldiers suckers and losers but

looks like the tables have turned

[leftstreet]

2. I thought it was an "excursion"

or incursion, or incision or something

[RockRaven]

3. This deranged asshole thinks *headlines* win/lose wars, not people and weapons and force.

Many tens of millions of Americans voted for this moron -- three fucking general elections in a row.

Jesus Christ this nation has been trying to earn its place in history's dustbin, and no end of those efforts in sight.

[Prairie Gates]

4. Translation: Something far worse has happened that he's currently trying to hide

This is classic Trump playing the refs. He's using this low level incident to scare the press from reporting the far more serious damage that they are currently not reporting.

[617Blue]

5. What War?