Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, on December 2, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s military actions against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, saying they show “the strength of American resolve.”

“Right now the world is seeing the strength of American resolve in stemming the flow of lethal drugs to our country,” Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. “Here, again, we’ve been focused and here we’ve been clear: If you’re working for a designated terrorist organization and you bring drugs to this country in a boat, we will find you and we will sink you.”

Hegseth’s remarks come as the adm

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