President Trump mourned the deaths of 13 military service members who died during the ongoing war with Iran — with the family of at least one of the fallen in attendance at his Memorial Day address.
“These incredible men and women gave their lives to ensure that the world’s number one state sponsor of terror will never have a nuclear weapon. Oh, and they won’t. They will never have a nuclear weapon. I’m sure you know that one,” Trump said.
“In two wars recently, we’ve lost a total of 13 service members. In Venezuela, which was a complete and total victory … we took that over in one day, lost no one. In Operation Epic Fury, we lost 13 wonderful souls, wonderful special people.”
Trump called out to the family of Ariana Savino, 31, who died in a March aircraft refueling crash over Iraq, asking them to stand for applause.