President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean , insisting they weren’t aware of what the military had done after the first strike didn’t kill everyone on board.

During a Cabinet meeting, Trump told reporters that he was not consulted ahead of time, and that even months after the strikes, he had not yet been fully briefed on the circumstances surrounding them.

“I didn’t know about the second strike. I didn’t know anything about the people,” he said. “I wasn’t involved, and

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