President Donald Trump delivered remarks quantifying the dangers Venezuelan drug-carrying vessels pose to the U.S. during a publicly televised military gathering on Tuesday.

At Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Trump provided purported figures for the number of deaths the alleged drug boats are responsible for.

“Every boat kills about 25,000 people,” Trump claimed during his speech, noting afterward that “some people” say the figures are higher.

The boats were carrying fentanyl and many other drugs, the president said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the unexpected meeting last Thursday, calling for nearly 800 of the military’s top generals and admirals — senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers — to meet at the base.

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