Donald Trump: “Every boat that we hit saves 25,000 lives.”

“But you hear from some congressman saying, oh, this is so terrible. We're saving lives. And by the way, the boats, every boat, because that's sort of related to this. Every boat that we hit saves 25,000 lives. Yeah, I don't think you're going to get any hosannas or thanks from certain Democrats in Congress, that's for sure.” (15:57–16:01)

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