Trump Says It’s Up to Hegseth Whether to Release Second Boat Strike Video

Secretary Pete Hegseth said the video was being reviewed, but did not indicate whether it would be released.

A black and white aerial view of a ship moving through water, with the word "UNCLASSIFIED" displayed at the top. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed the Joint Task Force Southern Spear to conduct strikes on alleged drug boats in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. Four male alleged narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed. Source: U.S. Southern Command

President Donald Trump said on Dec. 8 that he would let Secretary of War Pete Hegseth decide whether to release the video of a second strike on a drug-smuggling boat in the South Caribbean that killed two occupants who survived an initial attack on Sept. 2.

Trump previously told reporters on Dec. 3 that he didn’t know what video the Department of War had of the strike, but said that “whatever they have, we’d certainly release, no problem.”