The Harry Sisson Show - BREAKING: THEY JUST DID IT... And Trump LIED!!

Episode Date: April 5, 2026

Harry Sisson reacts to the late night breaking news in Iran about an American troop being rescued.

All right, folks, we have some fantastic breaking news in the middle of the night. It is 1245 in the morning when I am filming this, but the second American lost in Iran has been rescued. He was an American that was part of this F-15 fighter jet that was downed in Iranian territory, deep in Iranian territory. One got rescued yesterday. The second just got rescued now. And Donald Trump has already put out a statement about it, and he somewhat lied in the statement, which we will talk about in just a moment. But I want to give you the latest on this story because it's truly. great news. Seeing an American in Iran get rescued who really shouldn't have been there in the first

place, but seeing an American get rescued regardless is fantastic. So let's get into it. This is from the New York Times. Commandos saved crew member of U.S. warplane shot down deep in Iran. An Air Force officer whose fighter jet had been shot down in Iran was rescued by U.S. Special Operation Forces in a risky Saturday night mission that took commandos deep into enemy territory, said current and former U.S. officials briefed on the operation. The rescued followed a life or death race between U.S. and Iranian forces that stretched over two days to reach the injured airmen, who was a weapons officer, the official said. In the end, U.S. commandos extracted the officer in a massive operation that involved hundreds of special operations troops. There was no U.S. casualties, which is

fantastic among the rescue team. A senior U.S. military official said all the commandos and the weapons officer returned safely. Crucial. Rescue planes flew to Kuwait to treat the injured weapons officer. So that is fantastic news. And of course, according to these sources, this was a very, very complex operation that took the rescue team deep into Iran. And there was some fighting on the ground during these rescue operations for the first and the second airmen, but thankfully they were rescued. The two crew members of the F-15E strike eagle, the first lost to enemy fire in the month-long war, had been ejected from the cockpit on Friday. After Iran's military struck their plane, the jet's pilot was quickly rescued. But its weapon system officer,

officer could not be found, which was the second American, setting off an urgent search with major consequences for President Donald Trump and the war, the United States and Israel launched on February 28th. Finding the down-airmen who had been hiding with little more than a pistol as defense had been the U.S. military's highest priority over the last 48 hours. And this is the latest from Fox News, who reported on this, of course, in the middle of the night. This is a Fox News alert. I'm Rich Hedson live in New York. The missing crew member from the F-15-E fighter jet shot down over Iranian territory Friday has been rescued after an hours-long search.

There was reportedly a heavy firefight before the crew members were taken safely out of Iranian territory for now. And more on this, we go to our chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin on the phone who's confirmed and reporting on the details of all of this. Jennifer. Rich, that's right. I can confirm that the second crew member of the downed F-15E fighter jet has been rescued and that he and the members of the rescue team that extracted him from behind

enemy lines in Iran are all safely out of Iran. That is according to two senior U.S. officials and multiple well-placed sources in the region. Wow, good. And then we have some more here on the specifics of everything. That is according to two senior U.S. officials and multiple well-placed sources in the region. The weapons systems officer, we're told, ejected along with with the pilot when their F-15E strike eagle went down. They were flying and they were struck on Thursday night. There's been a, for the last 48 hours, there's been a manhunt for the weapons systems officer who used fear training, survival, evasion, resistance, and escape training to evade

capture. He hid on an elevated ridge after hiking away from the wreckage and put out an emergency beacon, but it took these last two days for the rescue teams to actually reach him because there were so many Iranians trying to also reach him. Iran had put out a reward for finding the American. I understand there was a massive firefight as well as a number of aircraft that had to be destroyed. We reported on Friday that two helicopters as part of the rescue efforts were, were hit and some of the crew members on those rescue helicopters were injured. We also now know more details about the A-10 Wart Hog that crashed on Friday in Kuwait. It was part of the rescue mission.

It was flying cover and firing suppressive cover to try and keep the crowds away both from the wreckage as well as to protect the airmen who was hiding in that what we now know was. an elevated ridge. But right now, we are told that a lot of the details will not be coming out because it was such a complex mission. And, but we can report now that both the second crew member of that F-15E and all of the rescue teams are safely out of Iran. Now, I mean, there has to be a movie about this one day. I mean, that is fantastic that this soldier has been rescued. I can only imagine how complex things were behind the scenes. I mean, they had to go deep into Iranian territory in a mountainous region that, you know,

I imagine was pretty difficult. And there's a couple of points I do want to make here that first and foremost, I'm happy that an American has been rescued. But second, I do think in conjunction with this story, it's important to remember the broader point that this war should not be happening in the first place. Donald Trump should not have gotten us into this position where we had to do this very risky rescue mission. And thankfully, nobody was injured.

There are no casualties. But it could have gotten even worse because of Donald Trump, because of him keeping us in this war. We shouldn't have been here. We don't have to be here. And Donald Trump yet is still continuing this war, still continuing and escalating by the day. So this war shouldn't have happened in the first place. And second of all, Donald Trump is already taking credit for this operation. He's already taking credit for this rescue, which is absurd.

Because we know that Donald Trump has no idea what he's doing. We know that Donald Trump has no idea what he's talking about. when it comes to the military. He is clueless. He's an idiot when it comes to the military and the operations. And he doesn't deserve the credit. It's the brave men and women in the military who did this operation, who are actually on the ground conducting it, rescuing this soldier who deserved the credit. And as I mentioned, Donald Trump put out a statement where, of course, he is taking credit. He said, we got him. My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States military pulled off one of the most daring search and rescue operations in U.S. history for one of our

incredible crew member officers who also happens to be a highly respected colonel and who I'm thrilled to let you know is now safe and sound. This brave warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran being hunted down by our enemies who are getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his commander-in-chief, secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and fellow warfighters were monitoring his location for 24 hours a day and diligently planning for his rescue. You know, this is just like, like, again, Great news that this person has been rescued, this soldier's been rescued, but this is such a Trump statement where he really tries to loop himself in, his administration in, at any opportunity

to get credit. He's saying, you know, I was always by his side. Pete Heggseth was always by his side. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs was always by his side. That, I believe, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. But Donald Trump and Pete Hegsef, I'm just not so sure. At my direction, the U.S. military sent dozens of aircraft armed with the most lethal weapons in the world to retrieve him.

He sustained injuries, but we'd be just fine. This miraculous search and rescue operation comes in a detail. addition to a successful rescue of another brave pilot yesterday, which we did not confirm because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation, but this was confirmed in the media. This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. pilots have been rescued separately, deep in enemy territory. We will never leave an American warfighter behind.

Debatable with Donald Trump. The military won't. They have that motto of no man left behind. Donald Trump, on the other hand, does have a history of just completely disregarding our service members and has shown that in the Middle East as well in this war. the fact we were able to pull off both of these operations without a single American killed or even wounded just proves once again we've achieved overwhelming air dominance and superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a moment that all Americans, Republicans, Democrats, and everyone else should be proud of and united around. We truly have the best, most professional and lethal military in the history of the world. God bless America. God bless our troops.

And happy Easter to all. Now, two final things I want to comment on here. He keeps saying we. We were able to pull this. Who is we? You are not doing that. Donald Trump was not on the ground with a with a firearm searching in these hills. He was not flying any of these jets.

It's not we. It's them. He's really trying to take credit away from the American service members who did this. And he's trying to again insert himself into the equation when Donald Trump played a very small part, if any. I'm sure he authorized the planes, as he said. But it's not we. It's not we. And finally, he also says that we've achieved overwhelming air dominance and superiority

over the Iranian skies. if that were the truth, this plane would have never been downed in the first place, and the straight of four moves would be open. Donald Trump somehow is lying in this post, which is baffling to me for, I think, any rational human who's thinking about what just happened, the rescue of an American, and Donald Trump finds a way to, number one, make it about himself, and number two, lie in the post announcing it. It's like such a Trump thing. But anyway, I wanted to bring you this news immediately, as soon as we got it, and I appreciate you being here. Let me know in the comments what you think about this. Another American saved, which is fantastic. I hope

he's able to go home to his family and his loved ones and get treated for any of the injuries. Just, you know, get him out of there. He's done his service, right? So make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment. Let me know what you think about this story. As I always say, I greatly appreciate you, and I hope you have an amazing rest of your day.