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Secretary of Warfare Pete Hegseth wrote on X that “Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them,” in a put up defending the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug vessels within the Caribbean Sea.
The declaration got here following reviews from shops corresponding to The Washington Put up and CNN claiming the U.S. army ordered a second strike on a suspected drug vessel within the Caribbean on Sept. 2 after the preliminary assault left two survivors.
The commander overseeing that operation instructed colleagues on a safe convention name that the survivors have been legit targets as a result of they may nonetheless contact different traffickers for assist and ordered the second strike to adjust to a directive from Hegseth that everybody should be killed, in line with The Washington Put up.
“As ordinary, the pretend information is delivering extra fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our unimaginable warriors combating to guard the homeland,” Hegseth wrote on X on Friday.
TRUMP SAYS US WILL BEGIN STOPPING VENEZUELAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS BY LAND
Video footage shared by President Donald Trump on Fact Social confirmed the suspected drug vessel shortly earlier than it was destroyed on Sept. 2. (@realDonaldTrump by way of Fact Social)
“As we’ve stated from the start, and in each assertion, these extremely efficient strikes are particularly meant to be ‘deadly, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to cease deadly medication, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who’re poisoning the American individuals. Each trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Group,” Hegseth continued.
“The Biden administration most popular the child gloves strategy, permitting tens of millions of individuals — together with harmful cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with medication and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense towards narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them,” he added.
Hegseth additionally stated, “Our present operations within the Caribbean are lawful below each U.S. and worldwide regulation, with all actions in compliance with the regulation of armed battle — and permitted by the perfect army and civilian legal professionals, up and down the chain of command.”
US FORCES KILL 3 NARCO-TERRORISTS IN EASTERN PACIFIC LETHAL STRIKE OPERATION TARGETING DRUG NETWORKS
Secretary of Warfare Pete Hegseth, left, and former President Joe Biden. (Felix Leon/AFP by way of Getty Photos; Scott Eisen/Getty Photos)
In a separate put up on his private X account, Hegseth wrote, “Now we have solely simply begun to kill narco-terrorists.”
Fox Information Digital has reached out to a Biden spokesperson for remark.
President Donald Trump additionally stated on Thursday stated the U.S. will “very quickly” start stopping suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers “by land.”
“From sending their poisons into the US, the place they kill a whole bunch of hundreds of individuals a yr — however we will care for that state of affairs,” Trump stated. “We’re already doing quite a bit … It is about 85% stopped by sea.”
Warfare Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the U.S. carried out a lethal strike on a vessel operated by alleged narco-terrorists within the Caribbean Sea on Oct. 24, 2025. (Division of Warfare)
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The president added, “You most likely seen that now individuals aren’t eager to be delivering by sea, and we’ll be beginning to cease them by land additionally. The land is simpler, however that is going to start out very quickly.”
Fox Information’ Sophia Compton contributed to this report.
