"For your Christmas wish list," he wrote above the post, an apparent attempt to make light of deadly U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. For your Christmas wish list pic.twitter.com/pLXzg20SaL—PeteHegseth Earlier Sunday, lawmakers said they support congressional reviews of those strikes, citing a published report in the Washington Post that Hegseth issued a verbal order for all crew members to be killed as part of a Sept. 2 attack."
"Meanwhile, the response to Hegseth's post from critics was swift and fierce. "You're a disgrace," Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton replied to Hegseth's post on X. "Where do I start on this? The fact that you want to sell a Canadian children's book? Or that you're going to get copyright infringed to hell because Franklin isn't a murderer and you want kids to be taught to kill?" commented another critic."
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a mock Franklin book cover titled "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists," showing Franklin in a helmet and vest firing from a helicopter at a boat. Hegseth captioned the image "For your Christmas wish list," seemingly referencing deadly U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Lawmakers called for congressional reviews after a Washington Post report said Hegseth gave a verbal order to kill all crew members during a Sept. 2 attack. Critics responded angrily online, and the Franklin series is noted for more than two dozen books and over 20 million copies worldwide.
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