Tucker Carlson: “The United States spent more money defending Israel than…”

“He said, by the way, who spent more to defend Israel in the last three months during the course of this war? Was it Israel or the United States? No, The United States spent more money defending Israel than Israel spent defending itself. Not whining about it, not attacking Israel, but just like, hey, for a little perspective Here, your cities are still largely intact because American taxpayers paid to defend them, by the way, to our own detriment.” (20:18–20:24)

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