Trump calls Biden the 'worst ally to Israel' as he lauds Rudy Giuliani as the 'greatest mayor' in New York history after DC jury turned in a $148 million verdict against him

Former President Donald Trump tore into President Biden Monday for being the ‘worst ally’ to Israel – as Biden comes under fire for his administration’s difficulty pressuring Israel to limit the impact of its war against Hamas on civilians in Gaza.

‘Biden has been the worst ally to Israel that anyone's ever had, because he allowed Iran to become rich again,’ Trump said Monday.

He laced into Biden’s foreign policy generally during off-the-cuff comments at Trump National Golf Course in West Palm Beach, where his campaign team was briefing reporters about his effort to regain the White House, and where Trump pledged not to let his primary polling lead slip away due to excessive caution.

Trump said 'the worst president ever – ever – for Israel is Biden because he allowed Iran to get rich.'

‘And one thing I learned about Biden is whatever he says, do the opposite, because he's the worst person I've ever seen on foreign policy,’ Trump said. He was asked about growing pressure on the Biden administration over the war amid Israel's continued attacks on Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Israel Monday for talks.

Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu is also facing internal pressures after the Israel Defense Forces acknowledged the accidental killing of three Israeli hostages inside Gaza days ago. 

Campaign officials limited the comments that reporters were able to put on the record, during a brief Q&A that commenced when Trump dropped into a conference room after playing a round of golf, sporting his signature red 'Make American Great Again' cap.

'Just shot a 71 so I can't be cognitively impaired,' Trump joked. 

He also commented on his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s fate, days after a Washington, DC jury turned in a $148 million award for defaming two Georgia election workers during Trump's the election overturn effort in the state.

‘I think it's so sad, what's happened to Rudy,’ Trump said in response to a question from DailyMail.com. ‘He's a great patriot he's the greatest mayor in the history of New York. I think it's a very, very unfair situation.' 

He didn't say whether he would provide any financial assistance to help Giuliani with staggering legal bills, while also serving as a defendant in other cases. 

Trump's comments came after a weekend where he spoke at a New Hampshire and doubled down on prior comments that immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country.'

At the event he also brought up approving comments from Hungary's President Viktor Orban and quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In his Israel comments, Trump referenced the scrapped Iran nuclear deal, and said Tehran lacked the financial influence.

'They were broke. They had no money for Hamas. They had no money for Hezbollah. They had no money for anything they wanted to survive.'

He said Biden 'allowed Iran to get rich' and said Hamas was 'out of business.'

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Israel in 2018 obtained intelligence showing that Hamas had amassed a financial portfolio valued a half a billion dollars, but that U.S. and Israeli intelligence had failed to act decisively on the information.

Trump is also looking ahead to Iowa, with the caucuses less than a month away.

He said it looks like the campaign is 'doing pretty well' but 'you never know, right?' 

'You know what it is to play a certain defense called prevent defense in the NFL? We won't play prevent. ... We don't want to play prevent defense,' he said – in reference to a conservative style of play that can sometimes lead to pulse-raising deep throws on the field during the final minutes of a game.