Cardi B drops support for Biden over military aid to Ukraine and Israel

Rapper voices frustration over budget cuts to home town New York while Washington votes to increase funding for overseas wars

Three years after supporting Joe Biden's victorious 2020 campaign, the straight-talking rap superstar Cardi B has ditched her backing of the president after public service cuts in her home town of New York.

The Grammy winner, whose legal name is Belcalis Almanzar, said in an Instagram live stream she was done with Biden. Her tirade highlighted what she portrayed as contradiction between US domestic and foreign policies, saying the White House was helping Ukraine fight Russia and Israel fight Hamas while New York City mayor Eric Adams announced a 5% municipal budget cut last week.