Hours after attending the dignified transfer of 4 US troopers killed within the battle with Iran, President Donald Trump honored one of the fallen whose stays had been transferred at Dover Air Force Base — a sight, he mentioned, that was “very tough to watch.”
“And I just left Dover Air Force Base, which is an incredible place, but oftentimes very sad because that’s when they bring the bodies of our patriot warriors,” Trump instructed a crowd in Georgia, earlier than including that in the present day’s transfer was “in particular something very sad.”
Four troopers killed in Iran battle return to US
President Trump attended the dignified transfer of US service members who misplaced their lives within the battle with Iran. The Pentagon mentioned 4 US service members had been killed over the weekend, together with three at a navy base in Jordan and one in northern Iraq. The video of the dignified transfer is silent out of respect for the grieving households.
Trump recounted how he invited the household of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan to fly with him to Georgia aboard Air Force One after studying they had been touring to the state.
“I said, ‘So if you want, I’ll give you a ride on Air Force One,” Trump mentioned, including that the household responded, “Wow, wow.”
The president praised Feehan, saying, “He would have been a general very quickly.” And he thanked Feehan’s household for attending the Georgia occasion — which was about touting the administration’s Trump Accounts and different financial initatives.
The crowd clapped and cheered for the household, because the president pointed up on the ceiling. “He’s looking down right here. He’s so proud right now,” Trump mentioned.
And he again reflected on how attending dignified transfers is among the many hardest components of his job. “Standing there watching this sight, which is very tough to watch, to be honest with you, very tough. I think it’s the toughest thing I do,” Trump mentioned.