PANews reported on April 4th that, according to Jinshi News, in a brief phone interview, US President Trump stated that the downing of the US warplane would not affect negotiations with Iran. Trump declined to discuss the specifics of the ongoing search and rescue operation following the crash in Iran, but he expressed displeasure with some reports about the military operation, which he described as clearly a tense and sensitive matter. When asked whether today's events would affect negotiations with Iran, Trump stated that they would not. He said, "No, absolutely not. No, this is war, we are at war."