The Canadian publishing house behind the "Franklin" children's books appeared to condemn Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday, after the top military official posted a cartoon image of the famous anthropomorphic turtle blowing up an apparent drug boat.

Hegseth's post — which shows Franklin shooting a rocket-propelled grenade from a helicopter, with the faux book title "Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists" — appeared on the defense secretary's X account Sunday evening, as questions swirled about the Trump administration's monthslong campaign of boat strikes around South America, and specifically a reported second strike targeting survivors who were in the water.

A day later, Toronto-based Kids Can Press said in a statement posted to social media : "Franklin the Turtle is a belove

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