Trump Claims $4 Billion Annual Aid to Israel Will End This Year
November 3rd, 2026Tell us another one, Don.
Via: ZeroHedge:
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will end its nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of the year, saying he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the cutoff months ago. Trump argued Israel no longer needs the assistance and that the annual payment had become an easy political target for critics on the left.
“Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal,” Trump said. “We give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping – and they’re fine with it.”
Arguing that the longtime U.S. ally has outgrown the need for direct taxpayer subsidies, Trump added: “They’ve become a very successful country. They don’t need it. And we won’t be paying anymore.”
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While the proposed cutoff would halt direct financial grants, it would not restrict Israel’s access to the American defense industry. “They can buy whatever they want,” Trump said, while noting that Washington would still step in with emergency aid if Israel genuinely needed it.
