Trump Asked About F-35s to Saudi Arabia, Not US Support for Ukraine or Israel
The irony isn't subtle. While worrying about future arms deals to theoretical adversaries (Saudi Arabia hasn't seen a Ukrainian-style invasion on its borders), the U.S. continues to funnel billions in advanced weaponry to immediate conflict zones. In 2023 alone, the U.S. committed over $75 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, and an annual $3.8
billion to Israel, mandated by a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (source: Congressional Research Service). These are not 'potential' sales; they are active, ongoing, and shaping brutal realities. One might wonder why the media fixates on future projections with one hand, while averting its gaze from the elephant in the arsenal: the direct, immediate, and vastly larger military support fueling
documented destruction today. Perhaps a bit of journalistic introspection is in order. Or perhaps, asking about F-35s to Saudi Arabia is just more palatable than questioning the actual military-industrial complex's beneficiaries.