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Donald Trump: “Those pilots flew at great risk. Big chance that they'd…”

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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth Criticize Media Coverage of Military Operation in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

I think Pete said it better than he can say it. And you know, you should be proud. You especially, you should be proud of those pilots and you shouldn't be trying to demean them. Those pilots flew at great risk. Big chance that they'd never come back home and see their husbands or Their wives. Let me just tell you, you and NBC Fake News, which is one of the worst, and cnn, New York Times are all bad. They're sick. There's something wrong with them. (02:27–02:34)

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Asserts that the pilots flew at great risk with a significant chance of not returning home.

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