{"id":2016,"date":"2025-12-09T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:28:55","slug":"trump-says-pete-hegseth-can-testify-before-congress-over-2-september-boat-strike-if-he-wants-live-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=2016","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Pete Hegseth can testify before Congress over 2 September boat strike \u2018if he wants\u2019 \u2013 live | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hegseth can testify before Congress over 2 September boat strike ‘if he wants’, Trump says<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

In his interview with Politico published on Tuesday morning,<\/a> Trump was asked if the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, should testify under oath before Congress about a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat<\/a> on 2 September.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can if he wants,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cI don\u2019t care. I would say do it if you want, Pete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said he had seen the video of the strikes. Asked if he thought the second strike was necessary, he said:<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>Uh, well, it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat, but I don\u2019t get involved in that. That\u2019s up to them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump claimed that each strike on an alleged drug boat saved the lives of 25,000 Americans, a figure that has been strongly questioned by public health experts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/svg>And we\u2019re gonna hit \u2019em on land very soon, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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