"In this sense, it looks to me like they're trying to pin the blame on somebody else and not them. There's a very distinct statement [that] was said on Sunday. Secretary Hegseth has said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium at the White House, they're saying it did happen."
"On Sept. 2, the U.S. bombed an alleged Venezuelan drug boat off the coast of Trinidad. According to The Washington Post, Hegseth ordered everyone aboard killed, according to sources familiar with the situation. After the first strike, which was conducted by the Navy, two survivors remained, clinging to the wreckage. Heeding Hegseth's directive, the Post said Admiral Frank Bradley deemed the survivors valid targets and ordered that Hegseth's directive be carried out. The Navy conducted a second strike and killed the survivors."
On Sept. 2, U.S. forces bombed an alleged Venezuelan drug boat off Trinidad, and two survivors remained after an initial Navy strike. The Washington Post reported that Pete Hegseth ordered everyone aboard killed and that Admiral Frank Bradley deemed the survivors valid targets, after which a second Navy strike killed them. Hegseth initially called the report fake news, later acknowledged the second strike, and shifted responsibility to the admiral while denying he watched the strikes despite a prior on-air statement that he had. Sen. Rand Paul said Hegseth either lied or was incompetent. The administration has offered no public evidence for the claimed drug-boat strikes.
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