Trump’s ambassador to Israel says Iran’s ‘money tree’ can be shut down in five minutes

When will the Middle East policy of Biden and Harris be dismantled? Mike Huckabee said it will take around five minutes.

The candidate for U.S. ambassador to Israel, who was formerly the governor of Arkansas, said that the return of President-elect Donald Trump to the Oval Office will mark a major transformation, bringing unfaltering devotion to Israel while "taking the money tree" away from terrorist organizations, as Fox News reported.

In a recent interview, Huckabee said, "To be fair, sometimes Joe Biden has been very supportive of Israel, and we've heard often he and Blinken and others talk about the ironclad relationship [between Israel and the United States], and then the next day, we would hear pressure on Israel not to continue their efforts against Hamas.

"You're thinking, 'well, why wouldn't you continue your efforts against people who massacred innocent civilians and just had a bloodthirsty attitude about it? The fact remains that the real problem here is not Hamas, Hezbollah or the Houthis. It's Iran," Huckabee told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo on Monday.

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The former Arkansas governor went on to say, "They're the ones who fund it [terrorism], and when the Biden administration reversed the maximum pressure campaign that was effectively shutting down Iran's ability to have money to fund this nonsense, that's what changed everything.

"So I expect the president [Trump] will put the maximum pressure back on Iran, and that's going to take the money tree away from some of these terrorist groups and make it much harder for them to do their incredibly horrible and dastardly deeds of murdering civilians."

According to Huckabee, the president-elect has "proven himself" to be an ally to Israel in his first term, when he did things like recognize the Golan Heights as part of Israel and relocate the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.

While commenting on Trump's Cabinet nominees so far, Huckabee emphasized that more changes will occur when the guard is changed.

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The former president has made waves, picking unexpected individuals who he has a history with or deep understanding of, for his cabinet members.

"[They are] disruptors, people who don't come just to oil the machinery of DC, and if there ever was a time when this country needed a disruption in the ebb and flow of the unit party, the deep state, the establishment, call it what you will call it, the swamp, the sewer [it's now]," Huckabee went on.

The newly appointed ambassador went on to say that the president-elect is assembling a team that will be "disruptive to Washington but restorative to the American families living out here in the middle of the country."

The list of Trump's appointees is an A-list affair, featuring political heavyweights such as Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Elise Stefanik of New York, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a former independent presidential contender.