That Narrative About Hegseth and the Strike on the Drug Boats Just Imploded Even More By Nick Arama

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That Narrative About Hegseth and the Strike on the Drug Boats Just Imploded Even More
By Nick Arama | 7:00 AM on December 02, 2025

We've suddenly been hearing a rising narrative regarding a "second strike" on one of the boats the Trump administration hit in a narcoterrorist strike.

The Washington Post claimed, according to "sources," that a second strike was ordered to kill two survivors clinging to the boat's wreckage in the water pursuant to instructions from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth:

    The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack — the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, two people familiar with the matter said.

Hegseth called it "fabricated."

As we reported earlier, the White House Press Secretary explained that Hegseth never gave any order to hit the boat a second time. 

https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1995570761277346012

Now, a New York Times story is helping to implode this narrative even more with some important information that supports what the administration is saying: that while Hegseth ordered the initial strike, he had not ordered a second strike.

https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1995671206964724068

    According to five U.S. officials, who spoke separately and on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter that is under investigation, Mr. Hegseth, ahead of the Sept. 2 attack, ordered a strike that would kill the people on the boat and destroy the vessel and its purported cargo of drugs.

    But, each official said, Mr. Hegseth’s directive did not specifically address what should happen if a first missile turned out not to fully accomplish all of those things. And, the officials said, his order was not a response to surveillance footage showing that at least two people on the boat survived the first blast.

    Admiral Bradley ordered the initial missile strike and then several follow-up strikes that killed the initial survivors and sank the disabled boat. As that operation unfolded, they said, Mr. Hegseth did not give any further orders to him.

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https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/12/02/more-on-hegseth-actions-re-strikes-n2196720

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Nobody's going to get worked up over the U.S. military whacking a couple of drug runners no matter who gave the order.  The Democrats are still barking up the wrong tree.