Donald Trump has insisted he would not have wanted the second “kill everybody” strike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly ordered on a Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean.

Hegseth had reportedly ordered the follow-up strike to wipe out two survivors of an initial U.S. missile attack on the boat, as reported by The Washington Post on Thursday.

The publication cited two sources who said Hegseth’s spoken directive was “kill everybody,” referring to two people clinging onto the vessel.

In a press gaggle on Air Force One on Sunday, President Trump was overly supportive of Hegseth except for the idea of ordering a second strike.

When asked by a reporter if he believed a possible second strike would be legal, Trump said, “Number one, I don’t know that that happened. And Pete said he di

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