VIDEO: Charlie Kirk Denies USS Liberty Incident, Puts America Last

At a recent Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event, founder of TPUSA and conservative icon Charlie Kirk was asked a simple question: “From an America First Perspective, why do give 3.8 billion dollars a year to Israel?” This is a question that many have asked. Many who cry “America First” the loudest are more than happy to give billions of dollars each year to Israel.

Why Israel?

Why do we give Israel so much money? For starters, one would expect that a so-called nationalist would frown upon foreign aid in general. Early America was opposed to foreign aid and old-style conservatives opposed it. Now, too many alleged conservatives today are happy to give out billions and embrace globalism.

But assuming that foreign aid is the norm, why is Israel receiving billions? As stated in the video, we give more to Israel than we do to the entire continents of Africa and South America. These areas suffer majorly from poverty, hunger, and disease. Infrastructure, particularly in Africa, is nearly non-existent in some areas. This, coupled with the fact that the population is expected to double by 2050, would be the perfect place to send foreign aid (if we’re going to send it). However, we send far more to Israel.

Israel, on the other hand, has a GDP of $350.9 billion and one of the best standards of living in the region. Moreover, the nation has a strong defense, as well as nuclear weapons. They do not need aid. So why are they getting it?

USS Liberty Incident

On June 8th, 1967, the Naval Research Ship the USS Liberty was bombed, killing 34 Americans and injuring 171 more. The culprit paid compensation. However, the US is paying them back each year in foreign aid. That’s right, Israel attacked the United States in 1967. Yet, the incident did not sever ties between the nations. Today, many Americans regard Israel as “our greatest ally.” But why? They’ve attacked us and no, trade and research partnerships don’t make up for it. rarely helped us. They hold information from us, spy on us, and they even planned a false flag attack against us in 1954.

When asked about this, Charlie Kirk grew outraged, accusing the young man of being an anti-zionist conspiracy theorist. Of course, he was simply asking a question in a respectable manner, but Charlie saw it as an attack. The TPUSA founder denied that the event ever happened.

From the most recent TPUSA event, a perfectly reasonable question is asked to Charlie Kirk about how the right can be simultaneously be america first and give $3.8 billion a year to Israel. Kirk goes on to deny the USS Liberty Incident… pic.twitter.com/MmLMSOntPQ

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Charlie claimed that it was in America’s interest to protect Israel because the country is a democracy with civil rights, ignoring Israel’s brutal treatment of the Palestinians. Moreover, he never explained how this helps America. Charlie claimed they are a great ally to help us against radical Islamic terrorism. Yet, Israel has been a terrible ally in this fight, with reports suggesting that some Mossad operatives withheld information from us about 9/11. Nonetheless, Charlie Kirk, with his so-called “America first” ideas, will deny all of this and call you an antisemite.

Charlie Kirk’s Hypocrisy

Charlie Kirk is known for calling out what he considers to be “the left” for being absurd and intellectually dishonest. True, many are guilty of this. However, Charlie Kirk is doing the exact same thing: baselessly calling someone “anti-zionist” for simply questioning a policy. Replace Israel with African-Americans, foreign aid with reparations, and antisemitism with racism, and you have the exact same scenario.

Kirk tries to claim he wants to put America first while giving Israel aid. He never answers how this helps Americans. Would it not benefit Americans more to use that 3.8 billion for our own military? Or to spend it on infrastructure? Or give it back to the taxpayers?