05/21/2024
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"The military's prime job is not to be safe. It is to keep the American people safe."
"Not only am I concerned about reliability, I am concerned about two more things: job loss and stranded assets, or really, wasted assets."
"I think it is important to--it is a lesson when they, you know, basically showed up in Syria in 2012 or 2013."
"It is a lesson, because we see them in Venezuela and we will see them elsewhere. Stop them early."