Trump threatens to jail journalists over Iran leak

President Trump said he would jail journalists who reported on a downed U.S. pilot and rescue details, claiming the leak endangered the operation. He made the threat at a news conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Joint Chiefs chairman while touting the rescued airmen. The episode continues a pattern of confrontations between the president and the press as the conflict with Iran escalates. The threat matters because it directly attacks press freedom, risks criminalizing newsgathering, and could chill reporting on national security.