Hegseth is catching heat from all sides after reports dropped that he might have ordered troops to kill survivors from boat strikes off Venezuela. Trump started backing away over the weekend by saying he wouldn't have wanted a second strike, but Hegseth posted a meme of a cartoon turtle blowing up a boat and kept doubling down on social media about killing drug runners. Even conservative users were like "dude, this isn't Christian behavior."
The defense secretary has been a complete disaster since barely getting confirmed by one vote. He leaked classified battle plans in a Signal chat, kicked reporters out of the Pentagon, and got called out for making pro-Russia comments in Europe. Legal experts are saying the boat strikes are probably illegal since drug runners are still civilians, and Republican senators are launching investigations into the whole mess.
The defense secretary has been a complete disaster since barely getting confirmed by one vote. He leaked classified battle plans in a Signal chat, kicked reporters out of the Pentagon, and got called out for making pro-Russia comments in Europe. Legal experts are saying the boat strikes are probably illegal since drug runners are still civilians, and Republican senators are launching investigations into the whole mess.
