President Donald Trump sat for an interview with Tom Llamas, covering a wide range of topics that have been plaguing his second term in office. When the inevitable topic arose — the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that led to the deaths of two Americans — Trump bizarrely tried to pivot to boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Trump told the NBC reporter, “I hate even talking about ICE. Two people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.” When Llamas pushed back, noting that the two were Americans — the very people Trump took an oath to serve and protect — the president retorted, “We have the smallest trucks. We’ve been very tough on the waters.” The comment left Llamas baffled. Trump then reiterated, “The waters where we knock out boats.”
