DOVER, Del. (Gray DC) – President Donald Trump traveled to Dover, Delaware on Wednesday to honor four soldiers recently killed in the Middle East, hours after making new threats against Iran.
Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs — were among the dignitaries present as the four soldiers’ remains, inside cases covered with American flags, were transferred from a plane into awaiting vehicles.
Three of the four soldiers were killed by an Iranian attack on an air base in Jordan: 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii; Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas; and Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York.
The fourth soldier, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina, was killed during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone in northern Iraq.
Prior to the dignified transfer, Trump spoke at Joint Base Andrews, where he said he wanted to honor each of the soldiers, whom he described as heroes.
“Well, all I’m going to say is we love you. We love your child. And that’s what they are to them. They’re their children. There’s no games, no nothing. That’s their child. And, all you can do is throw out your heart,” Trump said.
Before the transfer ceremony, Trump met privately with the families of the fallen soldiers. He described the solemn ceremony as “one of the hardest things you have to do as president.”
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