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Rhiannon12866

(247,991 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:30 PM 16 hrs ago

Trump and Hegseth distance themselves from follow-on strike on suspected drug boat - PBS NewsHour



The first attack in the Trump administration’s campaign in the Caribbean has become the most contentious. A U.S. official tells PBS News the military struck an alleged drug boat four times on September 2. Trump and Pete Hegseth defended the attack, but also distanced themselves from the follow-on strike that targeted people who weren’t killed by the first strike. Nick Schifrin reports. - Aired on 12/02/2025.
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Trump and Hegseth distance themselves from follow-on strike on suspected drug boat - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 16 hrs ago OP
Bombing small boats with no evidence is murder, it's a fucking crime................ Lovie777 16 hrs ago #1
The recent news appears to have forgotten that, what evidence was there that these small boats contained drugs? Rhiannon12866 16 hrs ago #2

Lovie777

(21,307 posts)
1. Bombing small boats with no evidence is murder, it's a fucking crime................
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:55 PM
16 hrs ago

but damn, there were survivors and they made sure they did not make it out alive. shithole and whiskey pete and the republican party are just plain evil.

Rhiannon12866

(247,991 posts)
2. The recent news appears to have forgotten that, what evidence was there that these small boats contained drugs?
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 09:59 PM
16 hrs ago

Let alone that all aboard deserved to be murdered...

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