Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
President Donald Trump said Iran "is gonna pay a big price" as he departed for Dover Air Force Base Wednesday morning for the dignified transfer of 4 US servicemembers who were killed in action in the Middle East.
The ritual is one of the most somber duties of a commander-in-chief. It will be the third that Trump has attended since he launched the war in Iran in February.
"We're going to honor them. And one of the hardest things to do for me, it's one of the hardest things to do as a president. But, has to be done," Trump said to reporters on the tarmac.
Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan will be returned during the dignified transfer, according to an administration official who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The remains of a third service member who is believed to be the soldier missing after the Jordan attacks will also be returned, the official said, as well as the remains of a soldier killed in Iraq during a detonation of an Iranian drone.
Asked for his message to the families of the fallen service members, Trump said, “All I’m going to say is, ‘we love you. We love your child.’”
“All you can do is throw out your heart,” he said.
The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
The soldier who disappeared after the Jordan attacks and is now believed to be deceased is Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, the Defense Department said.
The soldier killed in Iraq was identified as Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, who lived in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
President Donald Trump said Iran "is gonna pay a big price" as he departed for Dover Air Force Base Wednesday morning for the dignified transfer of 4 US servicemembers who were killed in action in the Middle East.
The ritual is one of the most somber duties of a commander-in-chief. It will be the third that Trump has attended since he launched the war in Iran in February.
"We're going to honor them. And one of the hardest things to do for me, it's one of the hardest things to do as a president. But, has to be done," Trump said to reporters on the tarmac.
Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan will be returned during the dignified transfer, according to an administration official who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The remains of a third service member who is believed to be the soldier missing after the Jordan attacks will also be returned, the official said, as well as the remains of a soldier killed in Iraq during a detonation of an Iranian drone.
Asked for his message to the families of the fallen service members, Trump said, “All I’m going to say is, ‘we love you. We love your child.’”
“All you can do is throw out your heart,” he said.
The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
The soldier who disappeared after the Jordan attacks and is now believed to be deceased is Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, the Defense Department said.
The soldier killed in Iraq was identified as Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, who lived in Spring Lake, North Carolina.
