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Trump Announces He’s Canceling Annual Aid To Israel
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel’s annual U.S. aid payments would stop at year’s end, delivering a major foreign policy announcement as Americans headed to the polls.
His argument: Israel can afford to buy its own weapons.
“They don’t need it,” Trump said on “Fox & Friends.” “Israel is a very thriving country.”
Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had raised the idea of ending the assistance and that the two leaders had discussed it for years.
“We were giving them $4 billion – we are – but it gets cut off at the end of the year,” Trump said.
The president described the assistance as military aid, cash or “barter,” saying it included “things and money.” Israel would still be able to purchase American weapons, and Trump left open the possibility of helping the country if needed.
The announcement leaves a significant question unanswered: how the cutoff would affect the existing U.S.-Israel security assistance agreement, which provides about $3.8 billion annually through fiscal year 2028.
Netanyahu has previously supported phasing out Israel’s reliance on American military aid. But the details of implementing the year-end deadline Trump outlined Tuesday have not been spelled out.
BREAKING: President Trump says the U.S. will end its roughly $4 billion in annual aid to Israel by the end of the year, adding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the decision. https://t.co/Saz4kC166E
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 3, 2026
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The announcement came with Republicans fighting to protect their congressional majorities and Democrats seeking the power to block the president’s agenda.
All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are on the ballot. Democrats need a net gain of three seats to capture the House and four to take the Senate.
Republicans hold 53 Senate seats, giving them room to lose three and still maintain control through Vice President JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote.
Trump is not on the ballot, but the results will help determine how much of his agenda he can get through Congress during the final two years of his term.
Keeping both chambers would give Republicans a path to advance his legislative priorities. Losing either would give Democrats greater power to obstruct those plans and investigate his administration.
