Trump: "I said, 'Why the hell did we kill them? One of my generals said, 'Sir, it's a lot more fun doing it this way.'"

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump: "They knocked out 54 ships in two days. I got mad at my people. I said, 'Why the hell did we kill them? Why didn't we just capture them and use them in our Navy?' They said they wouldn't have qualified for that. One of my generals said, 'Sir, it's a lot more fun doing it this way.'"

Trump: "They knocked out 54 ships in two days. I got mad at my people. I said, 'Why the hell did we kill them? Why didn't we just capture them and use them in our Navy?' They said they wouldn't have qualified for that. One of my generals said, 'Sir, it's a lot more fun doing it this way.'"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-11T21:12:41.267Z

[Srkdqltr]

1. If thats true and not some sort of AI, what the absolute hell?? (I read 1984 I don't believe much}

[Miles Archer]

7. I've never seen evidence that Aaron Rupar traffics in AI videos

He's one of the most prominent "I sit through Trump's speeches so you don't have to" people on the Internet. If that clip showed up from some random Internet goober, than maybe. But Rupar? I'm going with "no" on the AI thing.

[Omnipresent]

2. Trump sure did call on the goofiest, dumbass general.

A man after his own heart, his long lost twin!

[Blues Heron]

3. wow even Trump is disgusted with the wanton slaughter of those sailors by our submarine

[rampartd]

13. he doesn't care about the sailors

he wants to steal the ships.

and "wouldn't qualify for that? " they might qualify for something more than artificial reef.

[GoCubsGo]

17. No, he's projecting.

He's a pathological liar on top of being a sociopath. I'd bet money he was the one who was asked that question, and that's the answer he either gave, or wanted to give. The fucker has shown on many multiple occasions that he gets off on violence and killing. This is no different.

[sarisataka]

18. You believe that conversation actually happened?

[BeyondGeography]

4. I watched just to see how many people laughed

Pretty much all of them, as expected.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. This is like a "Sir" story, but without a "Sir".

He wants to pressgang the crews to serve in the U.S. Navy? What is this, the new Barbary Coast?

[malaise]

6. An effin monster

That is all

[tanyev]

8. "See, it's not me that wants to kill people, it's these crazy lovable fools working for me! What's a president to do?"

[Boomerproud]

9. Those morons in the back get nothing but contempt from me.

I bet that grinning monkey in the stupid sparkling hat goes to church every Sunday.

[Wiz Imp]

10. Because war crimes are just hilarious.

[durablend]

11. Especially when there's no consequences!

[MustLoveBeagles]

12. I hope he's lying about that

[Bristlecone]

14. Lots of yuck yucks in the background from the eyes glazed backdrop crowd

Those are the people that think they not sheep, as they bah bah black sheep away.

[haele]

15. Was it one of his big strong Generals with tears in his eyes?

That's something a drunk or a punk newbie would say at a "recreational event" showing off to a buddy.
Anyone who would seriously say something like that in an official setting would never have made it to General. Even if it was casual "locker talk".
And saying something like that to a demented babblemouth like *rump, after sitting through the "Senior All Hands" that GI Pete uses to dress down the Senior Officers and Enlisted that didn't respect his brilliant Sandbox strategies enough when he was getting paid...

This is obviously a "pResidental verbal hallucination about something that never happened for $500" situation

[Solly Mack]

16. Chest thumping