US President Donald Trump is not yet ready to say what Washington will do if the missing American airman, shot down over Iran, is harmed.

In a brief phone interview with The Independent, the president has declined to say what his course of action might be if Iranian forces get to the downed airman — the first American aviator to be shot down over enemy territory since an A-10 pilot ejected into Iraq after being struck by a surface-to-air missile in April 2003.

Asked what he’d do if the pilot is captured or harmed by Iranians, Trump has replied: “Well, I can’t comment on it because — we hope that’s not going to happen,” ending the call shortly thereafter.

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