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.
Trump Says It’s Up to Hegseth Whether to Release Second Boat Strike Video
President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with farmers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Dec. 8, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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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.”