President Trump Touts Military Recruiting Numbers During Oval Office Meeting Wtih El Salvador's President

In an Oval Office meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, President Trump touted military recruiting numbers.

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00:00And we're straightening it out, and we just had numbers.

00:04We had the highest recruiting numbers

00:06in the history of our country going into police departments.

00:09And a year ago, we had the lowest numbers.

00:12You couldn't hire a police.

00:13The biggest change.

00:14Nobody's ever seen it.

00:14The lowest of the highest.

00:15And the military now, Marines, the Army,

00:18Air Force, Coast Guard, every slot is, I mean,

00:23we have the best numbers we've ever had.

00:26We call it recruitment numbers.

00:29And we've never had anything like it.

00:31We had records on every single, at every single level.

00:36But very important, the policemen.

00:38The policemen are joining forces now that we really

00:42were having a hard time with policemen

00:43because we weren't protecting our police.

00:46And we cherish our police.

00:48The police are great, and the firemen and everybody else.

00:50But we have the highest numbers that we've ever had,

00:54the most enthusiasm.

00:55We have great enthusiasm on trade and other things.

00:59We're doing great.

00:59We're taking in billions and billions of dollars.

01:03We made, two weeks ago, I gave them a little bit of a pause

01:07because, you know, you have to show a little flexibility.

01:10If we go back and do what we have to do, we go back and do what we have to do.