Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has posted a twisted parody that turns a character loved by children for decades into an armed killer.

Hegseth, 45, used his social media account to share a child-unsafe version of the Franklin the Turtle children’s book franchise. The mock title ‘Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists’ shows the usually gentle turtle standing on the edge of a helicopter, firing a missile at a boat.

The vessel, which is in the throes of exploding, has an armed person on board with two other boats, seemingly carrying drugs, nearby.

Hegseth’s caption on the Sunday post reads, “For your Christmas wish list...”

The Franklin books are written by Canadian Paulette Bourgeois, a former journalist, who launched the franchise in 1986. She began writing the first Franklin book while

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