Steve Bannon, a far-right political activist and host of the “ultraMAGA” podcast WarRoom, said on Thursday that no aid should be sent from the U.S. to Israel or Ukraine until America deals with its own security at the southern border.
Bannon, who served former President Donald Trump as a White House chief strategist for the first seven months of his presidency, took a stance on President Joe Biden‘s nearly $106 billion aid package, which would need to be passed by Congress.
“No Money for Ukraine, No Money for Israel. UNTIL we STOP the Invasion of America…” Bannon wrote in a post on Gettr, a conservative social media site.
In his post, Bannon linked to a Daily Mail article, which reported that a caravan of approximately 7,000 migrants in Mexico is heading north to the U.S.
Newsweek attempted to reach out to WarRoom via email for comment from Bannon, but its mailboxes were full.
Biden’s supplemental request to Congress includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion and $14.3 billion for Israel’s war with Hamas after the Palestinian militant group launched a surprise attack on October 7. An additional $13.6 billion would go toward securing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, has voiced his support for the president’s initiative.
“We have big power competition from China and Russia, and we still have terrorism problems, as the Israelis have certainly experienced in a brutal way in the last week,” McConnell said on CBS. “I think that requires a worldwide approach rather than trying to take parts of it out. It’s all connected.”
McConnell did acknowledge on Tuesday that Ukraine funding is looking increasingly contingent on bipartisan support for legislation regarding the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Rachel Dobkin
