War Sec Pete Hegseth posts meme of children’s book character blowing up boat

Because the Trump administration carries out lethal strikes towards suspected narco-terrorist drug boats, Secretary of Struggle Pete Hegseth posted a meme displaying the youngsters’s ebook collection character Franklin firing a weapon at one such ship.

“To your Christmas want checklist…” Hegseth joked as he shared the pretend ebook cowl.

The meme shows the turtle character in a helicopter, firing what seems to be an RPG at one of many boats within the water under. The RPG fired by Franklin flies in the direction of the ship, the place an explosion is already going down.

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U.S. Secretary of Struggle Pete Hegseth smiles throughout a information convention on the Dominican Nationwide Palace in Santo Domingo on November 26, 2025. (Felix Leon/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

“Franklin Targets Narco-Terrorists,” reads the title on the pretend ebook cowl.

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who’s operating for Senate, denounced Hegseth.

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Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks throughout the U.S. Chamber of Commerce International Aerospace Summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)

“You are a shame,” he mentioned wrote.

“There’s nothing Christian about battle crimes,” former Rep. Justin Amash wrote in response to Hegseth’s put up.

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U.S. Secretary of Struggle Pete Hegseth stands previous to the NFL 2025 recreation between the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on November 9, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Photographs)

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“As we’ve got mentioned from the start and in each assertion, these extremely efficient assaults are particularly supposed as ‘deadly, kinetic strikes’. The acknowledged intent is to cease deadly medicine, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who’re poisoning the American folks. Each human trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Group,” Hegseth wrote in a current article after on X.