Trump says US is cutting off aid to Israel at year’s end because ‘they don’t need it’

CNN · Fox News, Fox News and The Independent report that President Donald Trump has declared an end to $4 billion in annual American support for Israel when the year ends. Speaking on Fox & Friends on Election Day, Trump said Israel is prosperous enough that "they don't need it" and can buy its own weapons, adding that help would resume if Israel ever required it.

Trump described the package as a mix of military hardware and cash, and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the idea and that they have discussed it for years. He also tied the move to domestic politics, saying Republicans should not be attacked over it by Democrats such as Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who faces Republican Mike Rogers.

Details remain murky. A 2018 memorandum provides $3.8 billion a year through 2028, and The Independent says it is unclear which funding Trump meant. CNN notes Netanyahu has long favored ending U.S. aid but never on so short a schedule, and that his office had not yet responded.

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