Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) labored to justify the Pentagon’s transfer to hunt an extra $200 billion to fund President Donald Trump’s battle in Iran whereas appearing Monday on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show.”
The Indiana senator claimed the request for extra navy funding instantly aligns with the president’s so-called “America First” coverage, which prioritizes U.S. financial pursuits and border safety over globalist initiatives.
Reports concerning the Pentagon’s $200 billion request sparked concern from each Democratic and Republican lawmakers final week.
After Fox News hosts questioned Banks over the Pentagon’s request to the White House, the senator stood agency, saying that regardless of the funding from taxpayers carrying a “big price tag,” the funds would “be spent on America First priorities.”
“It’s a lot of money, but it’s going right into rebuilding our stockpiles, our own munitions. It’s in America’s best interest that we re-shore all of these defense manufacturing jobs in the United States of America, and make munitions and weapons at home rather than rely on China and other countries around the world,” Banks mentioned.
Arguing that the “$200 billion is going to go to America First priorities that are good for what we’re trying to do to take out terrorists in Iran,” he continued, “It’s good if we ever — hopefully — to deter a war with China over Taiwan and what not.”
The GOP senator then shared they “haven’t gotten through this full [funding] package yet, but we’re working through it.”
“It’s a big price tag, but every dollar will be spent on America First priorities,” he mentioned.
Banks’ remarks got here after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s funding request, alleging to reporters throughout a March 19 briefing that it “takes money to kill bad guys” and the $200 billion determine “could move.”
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