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In an interview on the day of the midterm elections, Trump said that America’s $4 billion in financial aid to Israel would be stopped at the end of this year, and that Israel could purchase its own weapons instead. He also saw this move as a politically beneficial action.
On the day of voting for mid-term elections,trump In an exclusive telephone interview with Fox News Network’s “Fox & Friends” program on the morning of the 3rd, the President said that the United Statesisrael The $4 billion aid program will end at the end of this year, but Israel can still buy weapons from the United States. Trump says ending financial aid was Israeli PM’s ideanetanyahu (Benjamin Netanyahu) proposed that the reason is that Israel is a “very prosperous country” and no longer needs aid, and it is a huge expense for the United States.
●Trump: Israel is very rich and they don’t need money
During the visit, Trump reiterated his 2024 campaign promises: avoiding free foreign aid and cutting government spending.
Trump said the $4 billion US aid plan to Israel includes money and materials, including military aid, cash and barter. He said he and Netanyahu had been discussing ending aid for several years and that Netanyahu took the initiative to propose the idea.
“They don’t need the money,” Trump said. He said, “Israel is our number one target. We give them more aid than others, but they don’t need it anymore.” “Israel is a very prosperous country,” Trump said.
In an interview, Trump said that the plan to provide aid to Israel has become a political goal and Netanyahu is also aware of it. Trump described the decision as a political calculation and argued that ending aid would deprive Democrats and other critics of Israel of a political argument.
Trump said, “Why do we have to endure the attacks of lunatics like (Democratic Michigan Senate candidate) Abdul al-Sayed? Israel doesn’t need any help at all.” “But it’s a bad thing, and the left is using this $4 billion in aid to express injustice. It’s a very easy target.”
Far-right conservatives who have supported Trump in the past have also objected to the United States’ support for Israel. Former Fox anchor Tucker Carlson and other conservative figures have publicly questioned the value of relations between the United States and Israel.
Under the current US-Israel security agreement, the United States provides Israel with approximately $3.8 billion in aid each year until 2028.
Netanyahu has previously said he hopes Israel’s dependence on US military aid will gradually reduce. However, neither party has announced when any changes to the agreement will be made or what the details of the terms will be.
In an interview, Trump said that Israel could also purchase weapons from the United States in the future, adding, “They can buy whatever they want.”
The Associated Press reported that if Trump hopes to use this announcement as a last-ditch effort to get out the vote for the midterm elections, he may not be able to accomplish much.
David Schenker, Trump’s first-term assistant secretary of state for Middle East affairs and a current fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said it would not change the intentions of Republican voters or the positions of Democratic voters.
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He said America’s $4 billion financial aid program to Israel would be phased out at the end of this year, but Israel could still buy weapons from the United States in the future. Trump also said that this idea was proposed by Netanyahu.
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Trump said that Israel is already a very prosperous country and no longer needs this money, which is also a huge expense for the United States. He also reiterated his campaign promise to cut government spending and avoid free foreign aid.
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The Associated Press quoted the analysis as saying that if Trump wants to use it as a last ditch effort before the election, its impact may be limited. Researchers believe this is unlikely to change the existing standing of Republican or Democratic voters.
