Trump Says US to Cut Off $4 Billion in Aid to Israel By Year-End

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• In Election Day Stunt, 'Serial Liar' Trump Deceitfully Says US to End Israel Aidcommondreams.org · cred 7/10

  <img src="https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/president-trump-meets-with-visiting-israeli-pm-netanyahu-at-the-white-house.jpg?id=60298131&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;coordinates=0%2C133%2C0%2C209" /><br /><br /><p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed the United States would end its annual military assistance to Israel by the end of the year, a dubious announcement made on Election Day as Republicans face mounting backlash over their support for the Israeli government's genocidal assault on Gaza.</p><p>In a phone interview with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade, Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7oEGGCbn1s" target="_blank">said</a> he had reached a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu months ago to end the roughly $4 billion in annual assistance Washington provides Israel under a 2016 agreement with the Obama administration.</p><p>"They’re fine with it because they’ve become a very successful country," Trump said of Israel. "They don’t need it. And we won’t be paying anymore." </p><p>The president also admitted to political motivations, complaining about criticism from Democrats like Michigan US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.</p><p>"Why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like an El-Sayed when they don't need it?" Trump asked, calling American aid a "bad talking point."</p><p>But it's not just Democrats. An increasingly vocal faction of Trump's own MAGA movement has been arguing that spending billions of taxpayer dollars on arming Israel is fundamentally incompatible with the president's stated "America First" agenda.</p><p>A March Pew Research Center survey <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/07/negative-views-of-israel-netanyahu-continue-to-rise-among-americans-especially-young-people/" target="_blank">found</a> that 57% of Republicans under 50 viewed Israel unfavorably as prominent right-wing figures like commentator Tucker Carlson, reporter Megyn Kelly, and former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) amplify anti-Israel views amid an ongoing genocide in which more than 250,000 Palestinians have been killed and wounded.</p><p>The timing of Trump's announcement raised eyebrows, coming on the morning of the midterm elections. Commentators opined that the announcement appeared aimed at undercutting criticism from progressive Democrats and the president's own disaffected supporters.</p><p>Skepticism is also rooted in the fact that US military assistance to Israel technically cannot end by the end of the year.</p><p>First, the current US-Israel military assistance memorandum of understanding, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-israel-sign-38-billion-military-aid-package-idUSKCN11K2CI/" target="_blank">signed</a> under then-President Barack Obama in 2016, provides $38 billion over 10 years, including $33 billion in foreign military financing and $5 billion for missile defense. The MOU runs through September 2028, not December 2026.</p><p>Netanyahu faces an uncertain political future after indecisive parliamentary elections last month, and as The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-claims-us-will-halt-all-military-aid-to-israel-4-billion-annually-by-end-of-2026/" target="_blank">noted</a> Tuesday, he has discussed phasing out American assistance, but over a decade—not abruptly ending it this year.</p><p>Second, Section 219 of the House-passed fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act would establish a United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, coordinating joint research, development, testing, and industrial cooperation in areas including missile defense, drones, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The highly contentious provision would <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-passes-ndaa-with-section-219" target="_blank">significantly integrate</a> the two countries' defense industries and institutionalize cooperation.</p><blockquote class="rm-embed twitter-tweet"> <a href="https://twitter.com/JulianAndreone/status/2117622707974017526"></a> </blockquote> <p>"The announcement that Trump is cutting off US aid to Israel is false hype to make US voters think Trump cut off the spigot," <a href="https://x.com/TrackAIPAC/status/2117650485075226704" target="_blank">said</a> AIPAC Tracker, which tallies how much money politicians have taken from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "The reality is Trump and Congress are trying to replace aid with [a] military tech merger."</p><p>Similarly, Section 622 of the separate fiscal year 2027 Intelligence Authorization Act <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2027-ndaa-israel" target="_blank">would compel the president</a> to "expand and enhance intelligence sharing" with Israel, explicitly stating that such sharing shall generally "not be suspended, reduced, or otherwise materially limited," with certain exceptions.</p><p>Perhaps most importantly, Trump's own comments suggest that the announcement would not end the flow of American weapons to Israel. When Kilmeade pressed him on whether he meant military hardware or financial assistance, Trump replied: "I'm giving in any way you want to define it. You can consider it barter. You can consider it military aid or cash."</p><p>Furthermore, nothing suggests that the US is abandoning its fundamental support for Israel, despite it being the only country that United Nations experts and others say is simultaneously committing genocide in Gaza as well as occupation, colonization, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid in the West Bank.<strong></strong></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="bluesky-embed">If you believe that Trump is really cutting off aid to Israel on Bibi's recommendation, I have a $5,000 Trump dividend to sell you as well as shares of Melania's memecoin<br />— Aaron Rupar (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed">@atrupar.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mzfyx6hndk2j?ref_src=embed">November 3, 2026 at 6:03 AM</a></blockquote></div><p>Skepticism over Trump's claim abounded Tuesday, with the Washington, DC-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) noting that US arms sales to Israel will not end.</p><p>"Let's be clear. Selling American weapons to a foreign government engaged in war crimes is just as immoral and illegal as giving those weapons away for free," CAIR asserted. "Because federal law prohibits providing weapons to foreign militaries engaged in human rights abuses, ending free military aid is not enough. Our nation must completely stop arming and otherwise enabling the Israeli government's unjust wars and crimes against humanity."</p><p>Defense analyst William Hartung said in a statement that Trump's announcement "may be less than meets the eye." </p><p>"While the timing is a slap in the face [to] Netanyahu, coming as he struggles to form a coalition that would keep him in power, it may not ultimately change the amount of US tax dollars flowing to Israel, because Congress is considering a measure that would open the way to joint US-Israeli arms development across a wide range of areas," said Hartung.</p><p>The IMEU Policy Project said in response to the announcement that “President Trump is a serial liar who has announced over $20 billion in weapons giveaways to Israel since taking office."</p><p>"He and other politicians realize our taxpayer funding for Israel is a liability," the IMEU Policy Project continued. "That's why he and his allies in Congress are at this very moment trying to advance legislation to conceal support for Israel by integrating Israeli weapons companies into the Pentagon."</p><p>"This is a bait and switch that would result in Americans funding Israeli weapons makers in record amounts," the group added. <br /></p>

  • · President Donald Trump claimed the United States would end its annual military assistance to Israel by the end of the year.
  • · The current US-Israel military assistance memorandum of understanding, signed under Obama in 2016, provides $38 billion over 10 years, running through September 2028.

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• Trump Says US to Cut Off $4 Billion in Aid to Israel By Year-Endbloomberg.com · cred 5/10

  President Donald Trump said he had an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the US to cut off $4 billion in aid by the end of the year.

  • · President Donald Trump said he had an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  • · The US is to cut off $4 billion in aid by the end of the year
• Trump announces halt to $4 bn in aid to Israel on midterm election dayrt-english.com · cred 5/10

  <img align="left" alt="Preview" src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2026.11/thumbnail/6aea4c2285f5407f173157be.jpg" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> US President Donald Trump has announced ending $4 billion worth of military aid to Israel by the end of the year on midterm election day <br /><a href="https://rt-english.com/news/648344-trump-israel-aid-midterm-election/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=RSS">Read Full Article at RT.com</a>

  • · Trump announced ending $4 billion in military aid to Israel by the end of the year
  • · The announcement was made on midterm election day
• Trump says US military aid to Israel will be 'cut off at the end of the year'lemonde.fr · cred 4/10

  On midterm election day, the US president announced, with no apparent consultation or detail, his intention to end the annual $3.8 billion in support to Israel in an interview with Fox News.

  • · Trump said US military aid to Israel will be 'cut off at the end of the year'

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• Trump’s Big Announcement on Israel Means Nothingmotherjones.com · cred 7/10

  On the morning of Election Day, Donald Trump went on Fox &#38; Friends to deliver a surprise announcement: The United States, he said, would be cutting off $4 billion in aid to Israel at the end of the year. &#8220;We have a helper, and it’s Israel because, you know, we are the big, they are [&#8230;]

  • · Donald Trump announced on Election Day that the US would cut off $4 billion in aid to Israel at the end of the year.
  • · Trump did not specify whether the cut-off would apply to military aid or cash.
• Trump Makes Stunning Announcement About Aid for Israelnewrepublic.com · cred 7/10

  <p>President Donald Trump told <i>Fox &amp; Friends</i> on Tuesday morning that U.S. aid to Israel will cease at the end of the year. </p><p><span>“We were giving them $4 billion. We are, but it gets cut off at the end of the year,” Trump said. When host Brian Kilmeade asked why, the president replied, “Because they don’t need it,” saying Israeli officials told him as much. </span></p><p><span>“Why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like an [Abdul] El-Sayed when they don’t need it? It’s a bad talking point, because you say, why don’t we give everybody $4 billion? Israel’s our number one, we give them more than anybody else, and they no longer need it. We’ve been doing it for years, I’ve been doing it. But Israel is a very thriving country, they don’t need it,” Trump </span><a href="https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/2117614591060721973" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">continued</a><span>, saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought up the issue with him and that they have come to an agreement. </span></p><p><span>“[Netanyahu] understands that this is one of their points of contention. Israel’s been a great ally, much more reliable than most,” Trump added, before going off on a tangent about Europe. </span></p><p><span>Trump didn’t specify whether he meant military or general aid was ending, even when Kilmeade asked him to clarify. The U.S. has sent $21.7 billion in </span><a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/AidToIsrael" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">military aid</a><span> to Israel since October 2023, and efforts to cut off aid to the country due to the genocide in Gaza have </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/israel-aid-vote-house-democrats-00999917" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">failed</a><span> in Congress despite support from nearly half of House Democrats. </span></p><p><span>But Trump’s pledge, even if it’s true, likely does not mean an end to U.S. support for Israel. The House </span><a href="https://theintercept.com/2026/07/22/ndaa-defense-bill-pentagon-israel-massie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">passed</a><span> Section 219 of the </span><span>National Defense Authorization Act</span><span> earlier this year integrating U.S. and Israel defense technology, which could effectively be a backdoor to more taxpayer funding for Israel’s military. Plus, Trump could easily be making an empty promise in a last-ditch election ploy.</span></p>

  • · President Donald Trump told Fox & Friends that U.S. aid to Israel will cease at the end of the year.
  • · Trump stated that Israeli officials told him Israel does not need the aid.
• Trump says he’ll cut Israel aid, teeing up a fightsemafor.com · cred 7/10

  The surprise announcement came as voters fanned out to cast ballots in races where anti-Israel sentiment is shaping the results.

  • · President Donald Trump said today that the US plans to end around $4 billion in aid to Israel after this year
  • · Israel will still be able to buy weapons
• Trump just said he was ending aid to Israel. He might actually mean it.vox.com · cred 5/10

  President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the US would soon cut off military aid to Israel. During an Election Day interview with Fox &#38; Friends, Trump said of Israel, “We were giving them $4 billion but it’s cut off at the end of the year.” When asked to explain this position, Trump said that Israel [&#8230;]

  • · President Donald Trump announced during an Election Day interview with Fox & Friends that the US would soon cut off military aid to Israel.
  • · Trump stated that Israel was a 'very successful country' that didn't need American money.