Karoline Leavitt Defends U.S. “Self-Defense” Bombings in Venezuela

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00:00Good afternoon, everybody. I apologize for my tardiness. We had some technical difficulties,

00:05as you can see, but I think we are ready to rock. So let's get to it.

00:08President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have made it clear that presidentially designated

00:13narco-terrorist groups are subject to lethal targeting in accordance with the laws of war.

00:19With respect to the strikes in question on September 2nd, Secretary Hegseth authorized

00:24Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. Admiral Bradley worked well within

00:29his authority and the law directing the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed

00:34and the threat to the United States of America was eliminated. And I would just add one more point

00:39to remind the American public why these lethal strikes are taking place. Because this administration

00:44has designated these narco-terrorists as foreign terrorist organizations. The president has a

00:50right to take them out if they are threatening the United States of America and if they are bringing

00:54illegal narcotics that are killing our citizens at a record rate, which is what they are doing.

01:00You said that the follow-up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?

01:08The strike conducted on September 2nd was conducted in self-defense to protect Americans in vital

01:14United States interests. The strike was conducted in international waters and in accordance with

01:18the law of armed conflict. Did Admiral Bradley order that second strike because there were still

01:26survivors after the initial strike? Again, as I read for you, Admiral Bradley worked well

01:31within his authority in the law. He directed the engagement to ensure the boat was destroyed

01:35and the threat of narco-terrorists to the United States was completely eliminated.

01:40So was the initial order from Secretary Hague said, everyone be killed, and did that come

01:46from President Trump? I saw that quoted in a Washington Post story. I would reject that

01:50the Secretary of War ever said that. However, the President has made it quite clear that if

01:56narco-terrorists, again, are trafficking illegal drugs towards the United States, he has the authority

02:02to kill them. And that's what this administration is doing. Danny.

02:05To be clear, to clarify, Admiral Bradley was the one who gave that order for a second strike.

02:10And he was well within his authority to do so.

02:12And the Secretary of War, President Trump is going to be hosting a meeting of his national

02:15security team in the Oval Office today on Venezuela. And what are they going to discuss? Are they

02:21hoping to reach a kind of final decision on that?

02:24Out of the effort of transparency, I will confirm that the President will be meeting with his national

02:28security team on this subject and on many matters. He meets with his national security team quite

02:34often. He's the Commander-in-Chief. It's part of his responsibility to ensure that peace is ongoing

02:39throughout the world. I'm definitely not going to detail the specifics of a meeting between the

02:43President and his national security team that's taking place in the Oval Office. But I'm happy to

02:48confirm that meeting is taking place for you.

02:50What's the position on whether troops, U.S. troops on the ground is a possibility there? Is that,

02:56I know you've answered that before, but what's the current operative?

02:59In Venezuela? I think my previous answer stands. There's many options at the President's disposal

03:05that are on the table, and I'll let him speak on those. Ed.

03:09Thanks, Caroline. The U.S.

03:10Andrew, I would reiterate to you the strike was conducted in international waters and in accordance

03:15with the law of armed conflict. And since somebody asked about Congress, and it's sort of related to

03:20Venezuela, I also want to add that Secretary Hegseth spoke with members of Congress who may have

03:26expressed some concerns over the weekend. And there have also been 13 bipartisan briefings

03:31to Congress on the Venezuelan strikes. There have been a number of document reviews for members of

03:37Congress to review the classified DOJ, Office of Legal Counsel, opinion, and other related documents.

03:4329 senators and 92 representatives have reviewed those documents, which is about two-thirds of those

03:48are Democrat members. And they have been made available to all 100 senators, all 435 members

03:56of the House, and to general counsels of the relevant committees on a bipartisan basis for their review.

04:02What imminent threat would two survivors pose who were clinging presumably to the wreckage of that vote?

04:08Again, as I said, I think you guys are sort of not listening fully to the statement I've provided.

04:13Admiral Bradley worked well within his authority and the law, directing the engagement to ensure the vote

04:18was totally destroyed, and the threat to the narco-terrorists, to the United States, was eliminated.

04:24And for any further questions about his thinking, I would defer you to the Department of War.

04:28I obviously wasn't in the room for the answer.

04:30Just to follow up, just to follow up, Caroline, just on the administration's policy when it comes to survivors,

04:35was there a change in policy after this strike on September 2nd?

04:40The Washington Post is reporting that these two survivors were killed after a second strike,

04:45but then in October, two people were rescued and returned to Colombia and Ecuador.

04:51So was there a decision that was made to handle survivors differently after these strikes?

04:55Not to my knowledge, no.

04:58Thank you, Caroline.

05:00Thank you, Caroline.

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