🚨HOLY SHIT: Karoline Leavitt just officially tossed blame for the second Caribbean strike to Admiral Frank Bradley. She DID NOT deny the facts which means Trump, Hegseth, and Bradley are implicated in murder and a WAR CRIME. This is a stunning admission.

Wow. The White House just threw Admiral Frank M. Bradley under the bus. I don't think Seal Team 6 and the Navy will stand for this. Should be an interesting week.

Admiral Alvin Holsey, who resigned after a tense conversation with Pete Hegseth about these Caribbean naval strikes, is probably going to have a significant role in this investigation... -DW

Karoline Leavitt just did the one thing every White House in a scandal swears they’ll never do: she tossed Admiral Frank Bradley under the bus on live TV to explain the second Caribbean strike. She didn’t deny the second hit. She didn’t deny survivors in the water. She just tried to reroute the blame — which means the facts now sit like a live grenade in the laps of Trump, Hegseth, and Bradley: we’re talking murder, we’re talking a war crime. Once the White House admits the second strike happened, this stops being a “media controversy” and becomes a chain-of-command question. Who knew, who signed off, who watched the feed? They’ve crossed from spin into legal exposure. The next stop after this kind of “stunning admission”… isn’t just Congress. It’s The Hague.

Where is the proof that these boats are carrying drugs? Is a small boat carrying unarmed fishermen really a threat to the national security of the USA? Even if they were carrying drugs, they were the best part of 2000 miles from the US.

We have passed Stage 3. 1 - It didn't happen. 2 - It did happen, but I didn't do it. 3 - It did happen, but it was legal. Next up Stage 4. It happened, was illegal, and there's nothing you can do about it.

This is why Admiral Frank Bradley should have refused to perform an unlawful order. Bullshit Barbie just implicated him as the person responsible for this war crime.

Bullshit that Pete Hegseth "authorized" "kinetic strikes" doesn't change who's responsible. Pete Hegseth should be in prison, not the Pentagon. His "kill them all" order was illegal. The second strike on boat wreck survivors was murder. Hegseth should be impeached and prosecuted. If Admiral Bradley carried out an illegal order, he should be prosecuted under UCMJ.

Looks like 'Operation throw people under the Bus' is underway.

In case any US military personnel *wonder* whether they should/not follow illegal orders. This admin will absolutely throw every person in uniform under the bus to cover their own asses. BTW,this *WH reporter* is following a very specific script handed to him in exchange for being in the press room.

Accountability in this admin flows upward faster than cruise missiles. When war crimes land on your doorstep, suddenly everyone's just following orders from... somewhere? The UN declared these strikes illegal extrajudicial killings on 10/31/25. Yet Trump's team kept firing: 3 men dead 11/1, 2 more 11/4, 3 others 11/6 - all announced by Hegseth's Twitter finger. Bradley didn't invent this circus; he's just the fall guy for 60+ corpses since September. The bloodstains trace straight to the Resolute Desk.

@joncoopertweets That’s murder bitch

@PeteHegseth C’mon Pete! Where’s all that big duck “murdering terrorists” energy now? Just going to blame somebody else after all your fucking frat boy bravado? Damn your trial will be fun.

They are throwing Admiral Frank Bradley under the ship.

Pete Hegseth gave an illegal order. And Admiral Frank Bradley, followed an illegal order. They committed MURDER and disobeyed international laws. Both must resign!

I'm speculating that Admiral Bradley has agreed to be the 'fall guy' for Hegseth, and Trump has promised him a full pardon and a few bucks on the side if convicted of this murder on the high seas ✈️ 🛥️ ... -DW

PressSec must not realize that everyone, up and down the chain of command, could be charged for issuing or obeying unlawful orders — from Trump down to whoever pulled the trigger.

"In accordance with the laws of war" even if that were true, when did congress declare us to be in a war? Was it when Mike sent them on vacation for several weeks during the shutdown?

*Admiral Mitch Bradley.

Dear future military who are given illegal orders…don’t do it. They will throw you under the bus.

He didn’t even take over until October 3.. the strike we are talking about happened early September

To our military, once again the Trump Criminal Regime is trying to throw you under the bus... This is not a one off... This is Trump once again, showing you how quickly he will stab you in the back...

Trump and Hesgeth are murderers.

Presidentially designated???? Who the fuck do these people think they are?? Trump can't designate where his pecker is, much less who is a drug dealer or not.

She can’t keep track of the lies anymore. It’s actually comical to listen to this nut job speak!

Karolying is a threat to the United States. Tokyo Rose wasn’t as bad as this mendacious bitch . At least Rose was not on the American taxpayers dime spouting propaganda.

All of Pete’s “at the direction of the president” is now evidence.

It sure doesn't absolve Hegseth of murder / war crimes.

Investigate!

I guess it's pretty safe to say that the warning by those six members of Congress to the military to keep their oath and not follow unlawful orders was pretty spot on.

she’s about to get fired and have her poor heart broken by trump.

@joncoopertweets That’s murder bitch

So as most predicted, Pete & Don are now picking the scapegoat. It's now Admiral Bradley who is the war criminal. Except a number of peeps heard Hegseth's "kill them all," order. & they are not likely to lie to save the sadistic monster. He's cooked, but so is Bradley.

When the White House won’t even deny shooting survivors, the “law and order” party just admitted it’s above the law.

Did she just tell the truth. 🫢