Remarks #4 transcript, Jul 8, 2026 (Donald Trump)

Think of it. Ninety-seven percent. For years, we had fentanyl and all the other drugs coming in from different countries, including Venezuela. And it was—you know, they'd arrest them, they'd bring them to a court, they'd be released, and they'd be back on another boat the next—97 percent. It had—it—what was done in the past had no impact. Ninety-seven percent, drugs down coming in by sea. And now we're going to start doing it by land. The land is easier, but we had to do sea first.

And nobody—I mean, I think the 3 percent of the people that still do that—I think they're the bravest people in the world. They—maybe we should probably give them a medal for bravery, because it's—

And we're using the same exact missile to take out the mine—the mine drop—they call them "mine droppers." But we had minesweepers.

And one of the things that came up today is that European nations—the NATO group—they're sending minesweepers. We don't need them now. We have pretty much—the mines are cleared up.

But they'll probably drop some more. They're evil people. They're sick people. They're really—they're mentally disturbed people. And it should have been done 47 years ago.

Thank you, everybody, very, very much.