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Donald Trump: “There's probably 32 or so about that number. Nobody knows…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Delivers Remarks, Oct. 6, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 20:14

But the parents, and I've said this too many times, the parents want the bodies of their boy back, the bodies of, you know, their loved one back. In most cases, they're young men and they're dead. And There's probably 32 or so about that number. Nobody knows exactly what the number is. They want that body back as much as if their son were alive. And I've been with them. You know, many have come to the White House, to the Oval Office. (20:14–20:21)

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