Trump: Democrats are running some bad ships.
BURNS: Speaking of ships, I do want to talk about ship attacks. Should Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth be sworn in to testify before Congress about the controversial second attack on a suspected drug ship in October…on September 2?
Trump: I don’t care if he does. He could if he wanted to. I don’t care. You know, let…
BURNS: Do you think he should do that?
Trump: I don’t care. I would say, if you want to, go ahead and do it, Pete.
Burns: Have you ever…
Trump: He’s doing a great job. Well……
Burns: Have you seen the video…
TRUMP: …He’s stopping… Well, I look at everything, yeah. I watch everything. I saw a lot of things. Um……
Burns: You believe that for a second…
TRUMP: …It’s not pretty, but…but…
Burns: …is a strike necessary?
TRUMP: Well, well, it looks like they’re trying to turn around, but I’m not part of that. It’s up to them. Well, the Admiral who did that was…a highly respected…as you know, a highly respected man. For every ship destroyed, we save 25,000 people. On average, they killed 25,000 Americans, so you know, I hate to do this, but, uh, less drugs coming in by sea… 92 percent less. I’m trying to figure out the 8%, who are they? No one wants to sail a drug-laden ship to the United States anymore.
BURNS: Well, I do want to ask because…
Trump: We’re going to fight them on land soon, too.