Analysis
What Trump said
“Some of you are going with us, to honor our heroes, and they are indeed great heroes, actually. They said, and they — all of them said very strongly — we can't let, we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. They won't have a nuclear weapon. So we're going to honor them. And it's 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.”
Context
The CBS News article reports that the dignified transfer at Dover AFB honored four U.S. Army service members (Lt. Tyler James Feehan; Pvt. Isabella Gonzales; Sgt. Angel Rampersad; Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton). The piece says Feehan and Gonzales were killed in strikes on a base in Jordan, Rampersad is believed to have been killed in that attack after being previously listed missing, and Swinton was killed in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone. The White House said the president met with the families, and the administration is investigating the attacks in Jordan. The article also explains what a dignified transfer is and notes it is customary for the president or other senior officials to attend.
Why this matters
The article explicitly states that President Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base honoring four U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East during the ongoing war with Iran, and it names the service members and the circumstances of their deaths. The linked direct quote is attributed to the president in the article.