President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday he is against follow-up strikes on alleged drug vessels, as War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing scrutiny over a reported order he gave to kill two survivors of a drug boat strike in early September.
The Washington Post reported that a Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug vessel left two survivors clinging to the wrecked boat, leading to Hegseth ordering a second strike and telling a commander to “kill everybody” still alive.
In line with both the Department of War and Hegseth’s denial of the story, Trump on Sunday appeared to doubt the follow-up strike ever happened, while also saying he’s “going to find out about it.”
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“No. 1, I don’t know that that [second strike] happened, and Pete
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