The Trump administration has completely changed its story about a deadly September strike in the Caribbean. They now admit that a second strike happened against survivors, but they say it was done in “self-defense.” According to MS Now, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that the second deadly strike did happen.
This is a major reversal. The administration had spent the whole weekend denying reports that the U.S. military hit a suspected drug trafficking boat and then immediately launched a second strike when they saw survivors. Leavitt said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had authorized an admiral to carry out multiple strikes on the vessel.
