President-elect Donald Trump, even before his swearing-in, has shown his leadership through the ceasefire deal and hostage release underway in Israel, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said on Newsmax Sunday.
"This is clearly President Trump showing strength," the New York Republican told Newsmax's "Sunday Report." "They understand that peace through strength is coming back and the man who brokered the Abraham Accords and brought peace to the Middle East will once again work to restore it. This ceasefire would not happen if it were not for his leadership."
She noted that Trump appointed Steve Witkoff as his envoy to the Middle East immediately after he was elected, leading to the negotiations that brought the agreement.
"President [Joe] Biden helped create this war by funding Iran, by lifting sanctions, by issuing waivers, by unfreezing assets," Malliotakis added. "That is why Hamas had the tools, the resources, and the weaponry to attack Israel."
Trump, meanwhile, will have to once again place maximum pressure on Iran, including sanctions to "make sure they are economically strangled again" and can't fund Hamas and other bad actors, said Malliotakis.
Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan also emboldened terrorist groups around the world to take action "because they felt weakness," the congresswoman said.
"People are going to see that they can't mess around anymore, that America will take action to eradicate terrorism, as [Trump] id in the previous administration," said Malliotakis, adding that his moves also "eradicated ISIS."
"That's going to happen again and the world will be a better place and safer because of it," she said.
Trump's coming into office will also bring an end to the actions of sanctuary cities across the country, including through mass deportations of criminal immigrants, she said.
"Chicago will be first but New York is coming right after that, and I think this is music to the ears of my constituents who have seen how their tax dollars have been used by our city and state government to house people in this country illegally who are committing crimes," said Malliotakis. "What type of government uses your tax dollars to house criminals wreaking havoc in your city? Unfortunately, it's the Democrat ones like mine in New York City, and we're going to see an end to this. And I'm very excited."
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