Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted an AI image of popular children’s character Franklin the Turtle extrajudicially blowing up “drug boats,” just days after it was revealed he potentially committed a war crime of his own.

Even Republicans are calling for an investigation.

During a keynote speech that one Pentagon official speaking on background said represented a preview of the War Department's forthcoming National Defense

The Washington Post last week reported that Hegseth ordered a U.S. strike force to kill everyone on board one vessel in September. When two survivors were seen in the wreckage, commanders launched a second “double tap” strike to kill them.

The post comes amid House and Senate inquiries into a reported second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September. Hegseth reportedly ordered the military to "kill everybody" after the first strike on the boat left two survivors clinging to wreckage in the water. Hegseth has called the story "fake news."

President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth have rejected the Constitution in their zeal to stop illicit drugs from entering the U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted an image of Franklin the Turtle firing a bazooka at "narco terrorists" in boats amid ongoing criticism of the Pentagon's targeting of suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean.

When a scandal-plagued top official needs a public vote of confidence from a president, it’s usually a certain sign they’re headed for the exit.