AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Exclusive: Trump says U.S. feared Iran trap during F-15 crew rescue
President Trump told Axios the U.S. initially worried that a message from the stranded crew member of an F-15 downed by Iran was a trick by the Iranians to lure U.S. forces into a trap. The big picture: The crew member survived more than 24 hours in the mountains despite being wounded, before being rescued in a special forces operation on Saturday. - Around 200 soldiers from special operations units participated in the operation, Trump said. - Trump said the Iranian military shot down the F-15 using a shoulder-fired missile. "They got lucky." - Speaking to Axios an hour after confirming the rescue, Trump said that "thousands of these savages were hunting him down," using that loaded term to refer to members of the Iranian military.…