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CBS News
· collected 2026-09-10 · by James LaPorta, Jennifer Jacobs
Multiple US military aircraft were damaged in Iranian strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight Tuesday into Wednesday local time. According to sources with direct knowledge of the matter, one A-10 Thunderbolt lost a wing and roughly eight F-15s sustained light damage, but were reportedly put back into service. No US deaths have been reported in the strikes on Jordan, which followed retaliatory attacks by the US on Iranian tankers and a warship. President Trump speculated that Iran is trying to affect the midterm elections, but said the US is not looking to negotiate with Iran in the near future.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-10,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
William Kristol and Michael Wood assessed in an episode of The Bulwark that President Donald Trump’s war on Iran has weakened America militarily. Six months into the conflict, the U.S. faces critical shortages of drones, missiles, and defense systems due to the administration's reliance on expensive long-range weapons.
In Iran, the economic fallout is severe: fuel prices have doubled, leading to 300% inflation as of early September 2026. The Iranian currency has depreciated sharply, with the rial falling from around 1.45 million per US dollar in March to over 2.1 million by September.
Meanwhile, Trump's economic sanctions aim to isolate Iran further, but this strategy faces resistance from countries still trading with Tehran. Iran’s new security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, warned that the country would retaliate against nations joining the U.S.-led economic war in a "seismic manner," threatening global oil shipping routes beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
Critics argue Trump’s military and diplomatic efforts have failed to achieve their goals, including curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions or effecting regime change. Instead, the conflict has left both sides entangled in an economically destructive stalemate with uncertain outcomes.
Written for “Trump's Iran War Policies” on 2026-09-15,
grounded in this article and the 138 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it +0.85, but all 2 of its quote(s) are attributed speech - words the article quotes from someone, not the article's own narration, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph
rather than checkable quotes. Re-analysing this article replaces it.
Leaning score withheld for article 7559: attributed speech only · logged 2026-09-11
Multiple American military aircraft were
overnight Tuesday into Wednesday local time on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, people with direct knowledge of the matter told CBS News.
asserted
people → tell → News
One A-10 Thunderbolt, an attack aircraft known as the Warthog, was struck and lost a wing, the sources said.
asserted
sources → know → wing
Roughly eight F-15s sustained light damage and were reportedly put back into service, according to the people familiar with the damage, who spoke to CBS News under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
uncertain
they → sustain → anonymity
No U.S. deaths have been reported in the strikes on Jordan.
asserted
deaths → report → Jordan
The overnight damage came after the U.S. said Tuesday it attacked five Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting a U.S. Navy warship.
asserted
Iran → come → warship
In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it launched attacks at eight tankers and two warships, including the base in Jordan.
asserted
it → claim → Jordan
U.S. forces in Jordan launched more than 30 Patriot missiles defending against the Iranian strikes in Jordan.
asserted
forces → launch → Jordan
CBS News
that U.S. officials are concerned over the rapidly declining stockpile of Patriot missiles among other types of precision munitions.
asserted
officials → concern → munitions
President Trump said Wednesday that Iran is desperate to affect the midterm elections and mused that the war would end right afterward.
asserted
war → say → elections
"I think the war will end immediately after the election, because they can't hold out any longer," the president told reporters before heading to Texas.
asserted
president → think → Texas
"They're desperate to try and affect the election so we can get a nice, weak group of people in there and leave them alone and let them have their nuclear weapon.
asserted
them → try → weapon
"
"All they want is a nuclear weapon and if they had a nuclear weapon the whole world is in deep trouble," he said.
asserted
he → want → trouble
Despite the claims, Mr. Trump said he's not looking to negotiate with Iran in the near future, before the midterms.
uncertain
he → say → midterms
"We're not looking for it, to be honest," Mr. Trump said.
asserted
Trump → look → it
"Originally I wanted to make a deal.
asserted
I → want → deal
We're so far down the line, they have very little country left right now, so we're not looking for it.
asserted
we → leave → it
Yes, a negotiation could possibly happen but it's not something we're looking at."
uncertain
we → happen → ?
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