President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that top U.S. military officials preferred sinking Iranian ships to capturing them because it’s more enjoyable for them as he boasted that the U.S. has already “won” the nearly two-week-old war he started against Iran.

Speaking in Kentucky during an appearance to promote a challenger to his longtime GOP nemesis from the state, Representative Thomas Massie, Trump was boasting of the “decisive action” his administration has taken against Iran when he began recounting to supporters how the U.S. has “knocked out” alleged mine-laying boats to prevent Tehran from using mines to stop maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

“They knocked out 54 ships in two days. They’re real ships,” Trump said.

Continuing, he recalled a purported conversation with a military leader in which he became angry that the ships weren’t captured and converted for American use.

“I got angry at my people. I said, are they good … I said, Why the hell did we kill them? Why didn’t we just capture them and use them in our Navy? And actually one of my general said: ‘Sir, it’s a lot more fun doing it this way,’” he said.

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