Shapiro calls Saudi Arabia worse ally than Israel despite receiving US protection

What was said

"I will never understand this. Supposedly, according to people on the left and the woke right, Israel is the bad ally. Israel is flying literal sorties alongside the United States and essentially acquiescing to the demands of the United States on every level. Meanwhile, the Saudis, who do nothing, literally nothing— the Saudi royal government has American bases there defending them. And they said to the United States, you can't use our bases to open these straits."

Shapiro sharply criticizes Saudi Arabia for blocking US military operations from American bases on Saudi soil, calling them a worse ally than Israel despite receiving US defense protection. He argues that Saudi Arabia prevented the US from conducting operations to open the Strait of Hormuz that would have primarily benefited Saudi interests, yet Israel is unfairly criticized as a problematic ally despite operational cooperation.