The image's release comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a separate photo of Franklin firing a bazooka ...

The publisher of the children's book series "Franklin the Turtle" did not appreciate Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth featuring their reptilian mascot in a meme he posted, issuing a statement ...

Canadian publisher Kids Can Press denounced use of its children's book character Franklin the Turtle in violent imagery posted on X by Pete Hegseth.

The publishers behind Franklin the Turtle books have issued a response after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth co-opted the beloved kids’ character to push a violent MAGA agenda. Over the weekend, ...

When U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a meme of Franklin the Turtle firing a bazooka at “narco-terrorists,” he ...

The Franklin the Turtle book publisher previously spoke out against the use of the beloved character by the Trump administration Franklin the Turtle is once again being used by the Trump ...

In the second Trump administration post of its kind, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday portrayed Franklin, the anthropomorphic turtle character from a children’s book series, as a ...

The publisher of the Franklin children's book series has rebuked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he posted a meme of the anthropomorphic turtle firing on drug boats. Hegseth's social media post ...

The Trump administration isn’t retreating into its shell after the publisher of the beloved children’s book series “ Franklin the Turtle ” knocked officials’ “unauthorized” use of the cartoon reptile.