Ric Grenell was critical Tuesday on Newsmax of President Joe Biden’s first remarks on the turmoil over anti-Israel protests on college campuses, highlighting what he saw as a glaring omission regarding hostages held by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists.
Grenell, acting Director of National Intelligence and ambassador to Germany in the Trump administration, told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” he was dismayed over what he perceived as a failure by Biden to acknowledge the plight of the hostages, including Americans, held for 199 days by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“The whole reason why we’re in this war is because the terrorist organization is funded by the money that Joe Biden gave to the Islamic Republic in Iran,” Grenell said. “That organization, that regime, funded terrorists who went out and captured and took as hostages people who were at a music festival. We’re still trying to find our hostages including Americans, and this is what Israel is trying to do.”
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