EXCLUSIVE: Ron DeSantis vows to cut US funding after United Nations demands ceasefire in Israel – and calls for secretary general to resign
Ron DeSantis calls the United Nations a “mess” and a “total farce” as he vowed to strip U.S. funding of the General Assembly if he becomes president.
The Florida governor and 2024 hopeful said the UN has become a “den” where “bad actors in the world come together and misbehave.”
UN Secretary General António Guterres claimed that Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Israel earlier this month were a response to the actions of the Jewish State, comments widely seen as anti-Israel.
In addition, the UN General Assembly voted 120-14 on Friday in favor of an immediate ceasefire in Israel. The move is also considered anti-Semitic, with critics claiming it is asking Israel not to defend itself against a Palestinian terrorist organization.
“What an absolute shame,” DeSantis said in an interview with DailyMail.com on Saturday. ‘And then show moral equality and call for a ceasefire.’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told DailyMail.com that he would cut US funding for the United Nations if he becomes president, following actions by the General Assembly and comments by the General Secretary that have been widely viewed as anti-Semitic and anti-Israel considered.
The UN General Assembly voted on Friday to call for a ceasefire in Israel. “So wait a minute, Israelis can be massacred, massacred, raped, mutilated, burned in cold blood – and yet somehow they’re not allowed to respond? I mean, give me a break,” the governor said in an interview with DailyMail.com on Saturday
“So wait a minute, Israelis can be massacred, massacred, raped, mutilated, burned in cold blood – and yet somehow they’re not allowed to respond?” the governor of Florida complained. “I mean, give me a break.”
‘That organization, the United Nations, is a mess. It’s a totally worthless disaster. I don’t know why we finance. But that was a shame.’
DeSantis spoke to DailyMail.com ahead of his remarks at a breakfast with Nevada Republicans at Treasure Island on the Las Vegas Strip.
After breakfast, DeSantis will join his other 2024 candidates at the Venetian to speak to the Republican Jewish Coalition for its annual leadership summit, which coincidentally fell three weeks after Hamas launched one of the deadliest attacks on Jewish people.
The attacks led to the highest death toll among Jewish people in a single day since the Holocaust.
DeSantis, who said the Israel conflict in Florida is “personal,” is using his state’s government funding to get flights of Floridians and Americans out of Israel amid the ongoing deadly airstrikes.
Hamas’ organized surprise attack on multiple fronts earlier this month led Israel to launch a brutal counter-offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Republicans and pro-Israel advocates say those calling for a ceasefire want to stop Israel from defending itself against terrorists. But pro-Palestinian groups say so
UN Secretary General Guterres had told the Security Council on Tuesday: “It is important to also recognize that Hamas’ attacks have not occurred in a vacuum.”
“The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation,” he added.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday: ‘It is important to also recognize that Hamas’ attacks have not occurred in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation
DeSantis sat down with former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt for a breakfast chat with Republicans on Saturday — before speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit on the Las Vegas Strip
Asked whether he would cut U.S. funding to the UN if he became president, DeSantis said firmly, “Yes.” I mean, yeah, absolutely.”
“I don’t think it’s an organization that produces well,” he added. “It’s become a kind of den where a lot of the world’s bad actors come together and misbehave. So how does that advance American interests?”
“And the fact that they couldn’t even agree to condemn the Hamas attacks, and there were so many defectors about that. You know, it shows that this is an organization that – I don’t know if they ever had a good, strong path forward – but now they’ve clearly lost all moral authority and it’s a total farce,” the conservative governor said. concluded.