Trump attends Dover transfer of four fallen soldiers

President Donald Trump will attend the dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday, July 22, for four U.S. service members killed in recent hostilities with Iran. The solemn ritual marks the return of the fallen troops' remains to American soil and will be the third such ceremony Trump has attended since the conflict began in late February.

The service members being honored include two soldiers killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan. The Defense Department identified them as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. A third soldier, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, who had been missing following the Jordan attacks, is also believed to be deceased and will be returned. The fourth, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, was killed in Iraq during the controlled detonation of an Iranian drone.

In remarks on Tuesday, Trump called attending the ceremony a great honor but also referenced the Jordan attack, stating that while almost all incoming fire was stopped, some made it through. He suggested the outcome...