Interestingly, Iran is taking full credit even when Trump made a feeble attempt to downplay it. Looks like Iran is sending out a message that they may have some capabilities which are not understood fully by their adversaries. From what I hear, the U.S. has been keeping most of their ships safely OUT of the Persian Gulf as though they have a suspicion that they may be lost.
This is supposed to be one the most advanced aircraft on the planet and Iran shot it down at 61,000 feet. They have capabilities up to 81,000 feet. This proves they can shoot down F-35 we just spent 1.5 trillion developing.
Turns out the US spending is mostly just going to fill contractors pockets. They do things all the time like charge 1 million for a 50,000 dollar part. Could turn out that our adversaries capabilities have already matched ours with a fraction of the spending. It would be poetic justice to see the US get smacked out of the Persian gulf region.
Of course the other possibility is that the US wanted it to get shot down.