‘Will Play Well At The Hague’: Trump’s ‘Sadistic’ Remark About Sinking Iranian Ships Sparks Fury
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GOP lawmakers cackled at the president's comment, which was slammed as "grotesque" and "sickening" on social media.
Donald Trump drew fierce backlash on Monday for remarks about sinking Iranian ships.
The president, during an address to House Republicans at his Doral golf course, was praising U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran, claiming the “enemy” was being crushed “in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force.”
“Iran’s drone and missile capability is being utterly demolished,” he boasted.
Trump then turned to the Iranian navy:
“The navy is gone. It’s all lying at the bottom of the ocean. 46 ships, can you believe it? In fact, I got a little upset with our people. I said, ‘What quality of ship?’ ‘Excellent, sir, top of the line.’ I said, ‘Why don’t we just capture the ship? We could have used it? Why did we sink them?’ He said, ‘It’s more fun to sink them.’”
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GOP lawmakers cackled at the president's comment, which was slammed as "grotesque" and "sickening" on social media.
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