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Hegseth flips off critics with made up children’s book about blowing up boats

December 1, 2025 | | Print Article

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth isn’t letting the leftist media control the narrative around “narcoterrorist” boat strikes in the Caribbean.

President Donald Trump’s administration has made it clear that it doesn’t care what critics think of its war on alleged drug boats. Hegseth, in particular, is not interested in “coddling” terrorists like the previous administration, and he is making his point by trolling leftists on X.

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Some of you may remember the children’s show “Franklin” that depicted the life of a young turtle and his adorable band of friends getting into various situations and learning valuable lessons along the way. Hegseth’s graphic shows Franklin the turtle firing an RPG at “narcoterrorist” boats from a helicopter, which was quickly turned into a short video thanks to DataRepublican and AI.

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This caught the predictable amount of flak from those who oppose the administration, but supporters also came out to voice their opinions on X:

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As BizPac Review previously reported, Hegseth went on the offensive about the boat strikes after a report from The Washington Post quoted anonymous sources that accused the secretary of being a bloodthirsty tyrant was wanted to leave no survivors during the September 2 operation, after the first left two people clinging to boat wreckage.

According to the WaPo, Hegseth gave a verbal order to “kill everybody.” The sources claimed that after the second strike, there were bodies “blown apart in the water.” The story was quickly picked up and amplified by other media outlets as the latest hoax narrative took shape.

In a Friday post to X, Hegseth rejected the report as “fake news” and made the case for the decisive action taken by the current administration to eliminate the narcoterrorist threat in the Caribbean compared to the Biden regime.

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“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth wrote.

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