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Report Says Trump Considered Giving Himself the Medal of Honor During Iran Crisis

The account underscores tensions with his national security team over real-time decision-making.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance salute during a dignified transfer of the remains of six U.S. Army service members of the 103rd Sustainment Command, who were killed in Kuwait, Major Jeffrey O'Brien, Capitain Cody Khork, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, Sergeant 1st Class Nicole Amor, Sergeant 1st Class Noah Tietjens and Sergeant Declan Coady, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Overview

  • The Wall Street Journal, citing a senior official and other insiders, reports that President Trump mused about giving himself the Medal of Honor during the early-April response to a downed U.S. fighter jet over Iran.
  • Aides kept him out of a room receiving minute-by-minute updates because they believed his impatience would not help the rescue effort, according to the Journal.
  • The report says he yelled at aides for hours and demanded an immediate rescue of the pilots.
  • The Journal also says he issued risky public pronouncements about Iran without national security team input, including a post about plans to destroy Iranian civilization.
  • The Medal of Honor is awarded to service members for valor in combat, which excludes a civilian president who never served, and there is no sign he took steps to pursue a self-award.