<img src="https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/president-donald-trump-speaks-next-to-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-and-commerce-secretary-howa.jpg?id=66886718&width=1245&height=700&coordinates=0%2C258%2C0%2C259"/><br/><br/><p>Trump administration officials have expressed in private that they are concerned that the ceasefire between the United States and <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-must-respond/" target="_blank">Iran</a> has given Tehran a chance to recover from previous attacks, CNN reported on Tuesday. </p><p>CNN senior reporter Zachary Cohen said that as President <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-news/" target="_self">Donald Trump</a> responded to a downed Apache helicopter that was patrolling over the <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/iran-war-2677010127/" target="_self">Strait of Hormuz</a> and vowed to retaliate, behind-the-scenes sources said this issue had been raised.</p><p>CNN anchor Brianna Keilar asked Cohen about a recent report that Iran had started to build drones again and "<span style="background-color: initial;">re-upped</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">its drone production during the</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">ceasefire." She questioned if Trump administration officials were reflecting on whether "the </span><span style="background-color: initial;">ceasefire being dragged out</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">now, weeks and weeks, is giving</span> I<span style="background-color: initial;">ran these capabilities."</span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial;">Cohen confirmed that was the case — but not something that Trump has acknowledged in public.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial;">"That's</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">something that we hear from</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">sources and U.S. officials in</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">private, for sure," Cohen said. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: initial;">"But we have not heard the president in particular, or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, voice a similar concern, really painting a more optimistic and a more confident view of the damage that the U.S. military has inflicted on the Iranians' capabilities," Cohen added. "But as</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">you mentioned, we reported that</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">the Iranians have been using</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">this time the ceasefire to</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">reconstitute many of their</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">military capabilities. And it's</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">already restarted production on</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">some of these attack drones</span><span style="background-color: initial;"> that, as</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">we're seeing today, are capable</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">of taking down an Apache</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">helicopter, also a threat to</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">U.S. Navy ships and commercial</span> <span style="background-color: initial;">ships alike."</span></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N5BEWGr1Rxo?si=bz5uLta3dT9Ore4X" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div> via Raw Story https://ift.tt/Qd8IZsb
