Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday night he would rather see US tax dollars spent to help Israel in its war against Hamas than to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, if he had to choose.
In response to an audience question during a CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, DeSantis noted that the Jewish state is “our strongest ally in the Middle East.”
“We have a relationship with them that’s like no other. And they have the whole world against us,” the 45-year-old said. “They require the United States to be there, to stand with them as the friend.
“Ukraine has all of Europe,” DeSantis went on. “These European countries need to start pulling their weight. They don’t meet their NATO dues. I mean, some of them have done [like] Poland [and] Finland. But a lot of them are not doing that … Russia is a threat to Europe. They need to rise to the occasion, rev up their industrial bases, and start arming themselves, so that they can help Ukraine and keep Russia in a box.”
