"The Washington Post reported Saturday that a September 2 mission targeting a suspected Venezuelan smuggling boat, part of a Trump administration push against cartel drug routes, escalated after a drone spotted two survivors clinging to the wreckage, prompting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to allegedly order kill everybody with a second strike an order Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley then reportedly carried out. Legal experts have warned the decision may have been illegal under international law."
"President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One late Sunday that Hegseth told him he did not say those words and that he believed the Pentagon chief although added that he would not personally have ordered the second strike. Still, as scrutiny piled on Hegseth on Monday, he tweeted out support of Bradley and his combat decisions, appearing to indicate the admiral was responsible."
A September 2 mission targeted a suspected Venezuelan smuggling boat linked to cartel drug routes. A drone reportedly spotted two survivors clinging to wreckage, after which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly ordered a second strike that an admiral then carried out. Legal experts warned the decision may have violated international law. President Trump said Hegseth denied using those words and that Trump believed him, while also saying he would not have ordered the second strike. Hegseth later tweeted support for the admiral. Conservative commentators and Fox News contributors expressed sharp bipartisan concern and criticism.
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