DeSantis delivers on evacuating Americans trapped in Israel. More leaders like that, please.While the Biden administration was still floating trial balloons regarding support of Israel after the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was making concrete plans to help get Americans trapped in Israel out of harm’s way. More than 30 U.S. citizens have died in the war.
When times are tough, DeSantis is a guy you want to have on your side.
Last Thursday, he issued an executive order that authorized the emergency response to fly Floridians out of Israel. In the order, DeSantis argued that the Biden administration had been too slow in its effort to get Americans to safety – and that commercial flights had been grounded given the violence in the region.
Just days later, on Sunday night, a flight of 270 Americans – more than 90 of them children – landed in Tampa on “DeSantis Airlines,” as some have dubbed the effort. DeSantis was on the ground to greet the evacuees.
The relief and gratitude on the passengers’ faces were palpable. And they won’t have to pay the state back – unlike U.S. citizens who call on the federal government to get them out of Israel (which is apparently customary in such instances). Late last week, the State Department began arranging charter flights for Americans stranded in Israel...........
................The Florida governor seems to be hitting his stride now, leaning into the leadership qualities that make him an attractive candidate. We need less of the forced culture warrior and more of the capable governor.
DeSantis also is bolder in his attacks on Trump, and that’s a positive sign. He called out Trump’s poorly thought out comments last week, when the former president slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not being prepared for the attack and called Hezbollah militants “very smart.” It was supposed to be an indirect criticism of Biden, but was typical of Trump’s crass and cringeworthy style.
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