Trump also told Politico he has seen the video of the strikes; Hegseth and Rubio expected to brief ‘Gang of Eight’
In his interview with Politico published on Tuesday morning, 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 on 2 September.
“He can if he wants,” Trump said, adding: “I don’t care. I would say do it if you want, Pete.”
Trump said he had seen the video of the strikes. Asked if he thought the second strike was necessary, he said:
Uh, well, it looked like they were trying to turn back over the boat, but I don’t get involved in that. That’s up to them.
