Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth commented on media reports about his order to "kill everyone" during attacks on drug trafficking ships off the coast of Venezuela.
“As we have said from the beginning and in every statement, these high-impact strikes are specifically designed to be “lethal, kinetic strikes“, he wrote.
According to Hegseth, the US goal is precisely to stop the spread of drugs by destroying drug traffickers.
The Secretary of Defense accused the media of spreading “fabricated, inflammatory and derogatory“ information aimed at discrediting the American military, “fighting to defend the homeland“.