Donald Trump actually said...

"It would be ridiculous for the president of the United States to be talking about this -- I mean, just from a political standpoint, it would not be -- it would not, you know, serve the president well."

"I think the fact that you see the president focusing on what's important, obviously, you're going to see some steel EO come up tomorrow, talking about that congressional race in Georgia yesterday, thi..."

"We are sending an Armada, very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you."

"If this was that big of a deal for the president, which again, I don't think it is -- he would talk about it all the time."