Abdul El-Sayed has already found something he wants to work with Trump on

Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, a Michigan Democrat, says he is ready to team up with President Donald Trump on one issue: reducing American aid to Israel. El-Sayed, who describes Israel's conduct in Gaza as a genocide, a charge Israel strongly rejects, told MS NOW's Morning Joe on Thursday that he would "love to work with him" on the idea. He argued that the United States should not keep funding, or even selling weapons to, a military he says has misused them, according to The Independent.

Trump said on Fox & Friends, as midterm voting got underway Tuesday, that Washington would drop $4 billion in aid to Israel by year's end. He told host Brian Kilmeade the money was unneeded and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had himself suggested going without it. Trump also remarked that he would rather not take criticism from El-Sayed and others like him.

The two have clashed sharply. While campaigning for Republican Mike Rogers, Trump falsely labeled El-Sayed a jihadist tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, which El-Sayed denies. El-Sayed, who will be the first Muslim senator, stressed Thursday that criticizing Israel's actions is separate from opposing Jewish people.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →