Trump says he “wouldn’t want” a second reported strike on a drug boat

Washington – President Trump said Sunday that he “wouldn’t want” a second reported ferry strike earlier this year, while indicating he was looking into a specific labor issue.

“The first strike was very deadly, it was okay and if there were two people,” the President told reporters about the Air Force. “But Pete said it didn’t happen. I trust him a lot.”

The Washington Post reported on Friday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order not to leave survivors of the first strike on a suspected cruise ship in the Caribbean. The post reported that the first strike left two survivors in the water, and that the program commander, Frank Bradley, ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s command, and kill the survivors.

Hegseth called the reporting “designed, inflammatory and disrespectful,” saying that activities in the Caribbean are “permitted under international law.”

CBS News has not independently verified the Washington Post’s reporting.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavett was asked about the strikes during a White House briefing on Monday. “Does the management deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen, and the management deny that Begseth Hegseth gave the order?” The reporter asked.

“This ends up being true,” replied the opener, before reading the written statement. “Hegseth Hegseth and the secretary made it clear that the President’s narcoterrorist groups are under the direction of the war in accordance with these kinetic events. The states of America were eliminated.”

The Post’s report raised concerns from lawmakers and experts, including a group of military lawyers who opposed Saturday’s assessment that the second reported strike could be a violation of international or domestic law. In Congress, leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees will investigate the next strike. And Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia he said “Look at the Nation and Margaret Brennan” Sunday that the next high-profile fan rose to the level of war crimes if true, “while GOP Rep.

The president defended Hegseth on Sunday, telling reporters repeatedly that the defense secretary told him he never gave the reported order.

“I don’t know if that happened and Pete said he didn’t want them, he didn’t even know what people were talking about,” Mr Trump said.

The President said, “I will find out, but Pete said he was not hanged for the death of those two men.”

Development comes as The US is done near twelve Boat strike In the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean since the first strike on September 2.

Asked on CBB News if the boating problems hit more broadly, Mr Trump said “very little, because you see boats on boats and each boat is responsible for killing 25,000 Americans.”

“The amount of drugs that come to our country by sea is infinitemimal compared to what it was a few months ago,” said the President.

Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.