Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing heat from a wide range of figures, including a Canadian children’s book publisher, after revelations regarding his orders in the Trump administration’s murderous boat strike campaign.

On Sunday, Hegseth posted a picture that appeared to be AI generated on X, showing the cover of a fake children’s book entitled Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists . The picture shows children’s character Franklin the Turtle, wearing U.S. military gear and perched on the side of a helicopter, shooting a missile at a boat in the water below, which holds a man with a gun and numerous parcels. Similar boats are nearby.

“For your Christmas wish list…,” Hegseth wrote in the post.

Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, flamed Hegseth on Mon

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