Donald Trump says Israel "don't need it" and U.S. will stop $4B in military aid
“Because they don't need it, Brian. I mean, I ask them because they don't need it, and because why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like an El-Sayed when they don't need it?”
Reported November 3, 2026 by abcnews.com. Checked word for word against that report.
President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that the U.S. will stop providing about $4 billion in annual military assistance to Israel by the end of this year, describing an arrangement he said he reached with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu months earlier. Trump said Israel no longer needs the support and argued that Republicans face Democratic attacks over it, naming Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Trump did not specify what aid would end or how. Netanyahu had not publicly responded, and Israeli Finance Ministry sources reportedly expressed surprise. Most U.S. aid is governed by a decade-long agreement running through fiscal 2028. The remarks came as midterm voting concluded, with the elections likely to shape Trump’s agenda.
- abcnews.com ↗︎03 NOV 2026