I think it is completely safe to assume, until further information is released, that the US government may have shot itself in the MQ-9b Reaper (aka predator b) costing $30,000,000 - $245,000,000 (depending on sensor package) to procure and $12,000 per flight hour to operate.
Have a nepo petty tyrant friend who gets very offended when I insult business owners.
I treat my employees like they're family and we respect each other
He buys a fixer-upper and I offer to help (for free obviously) because friend and because I'm good at handyman stuff and because I think building stuff is fun.
What? No, I could never let you do work for me, I respect you too much. You're practically family.
Context: the Iranians quite literally made one of the most heroic diplomatic efforts in history to get the so-called "Iran nuclear deal". It took the US zero minutes to treat it as toilet paper.
