US President Donald Trump attends a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for four US service members who returned to American soil in flag-draped caskets today after being killed in Iranian attacks in the Middle East.
Trump, wearing a blue suit and red tie, stands at attention near the flight line and salutes as teams of seven service members solemnly carry each transfer case from the aircraft during the ceremony, known as a “dignified transfer.”
Family members, who arrived in a convoy of vans, watch from a short distance as the flag-draped transfer cases are carried off the aircraft one by one and placed in one of two vans.
“We’re going to honor them. For me it’s one of the hardest things to do as a president. But it has to be done,” Trump said before leaving for the ceremony.
Asked what he would tell the families of the fallen, Trump said: “All I’m going to say is, we love you. We love your child, and that’s what they are to them. They’re their children. There’s no games, no nothing.”
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