A 2019 Dotard Trump-approved plan to send Navy SEALs into North Korea to spy on leader Kim Jong Un resulted in the U.S. killing of civilians, according to a bombshell report from the New York Times.
Trump sent the Navy SEAL Team-6’s Red Squadron — the one that killed Osama bin Laden — to a rocky shore of North Korea on a top secret mission that was complex and consequential.
The objective was to plant an electronic device that would let the United States intercept the communications of North Korea’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong-un, amid high-level nuclear talks with Trump.
When they emerged from a black ocean wearing black wet suits and night-vision goggles onto what was supposed to be a deserted shoreline, a North Korean boat appeared out of nowhere. Seeing flashlights from the boat and fearing they had been spotted, the SEALs opened fire, killing two or three men. Upon approach, they discovered the dead were civilian fishermen. They pulled the bodies from the shore and punctured their lungs to ensure they would sink to the bottom of the ocean.
The botched operation was subjected to military reviews during Trump’s first term, and investigators concluded it was justified under the rules of engagement and declared that the deaths were part of a chain of “unfortunate occurrences” that could not have been foreseen or avoided.
The files were then classified and never made public, and key Congressional committees were also kept in the dark.
Several involved in the botched op were later promoted.
It’s unclear how much North Korea was able to discover about the mission, but the love affair between Trump and Kim Jong-un faded. Efforts to constraint North Korea’s nuclear power also faded, and their nuclear proliferation accelerated.
The government estimates that North Korea now has roughly 50 nuclear weapons and missiles that can reach the West Coast. Mr. Kim has pledged to keep expanding his nuclear program “exponentially” to deter what he calls U.S. provocations.