"I watch everything, yeah. I watch everything. I see a lot of things. Um BURNS: And do you believe that that second TRUMP: it's not pretty but but BURNS: strike was necessary? TRUMP: Uh, well, it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat, but I don't get involved in that. That's up to them. Uh, the admiral that did that was is a highly respected as you know, a highly respected man."
"And we save 25,000 people every time we knock out a boat. On average, they kill 25,000 Americans so you know, I don't like doing that, but the, uh, the drugs coming in through the sea are down to they're down by 92 percent. And I'm trying to figure out the 8 percent, who are they? Nobody wants to drive boats to America loaded up with drugs anymore."
President Donald Trump said he watched video of the September 2 alleged drug-boat strike and described the footage as 'not pretty.' The strike is under scrutiny after two survivors were killed in a subsequent strike. Trump denied previously promising to release the video and clashed with an ABC correspondent over that claim. He defended the military decision, praised the admiral involved as highly respected, and asserted that interdictions save thousands, claiming 'we save 25,000 people every time we knock out a boat.' He also claimed maritime drug smuggling has fallen about 92 percent and questioned the remaining traffickers.
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