As Americans vote, Trump says U.S. will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel
Israel's future leadership is uncertain after an Oct. 27 election in which Benjamin Netanyahu lost his governing majority.
President Donald Trump announced on Election Day that the United States would stop providing military aid to Israel. During an interview with Fox & Friends, Trump stated that America had been giving Israel $4 billion annually, but the aid would cease at the end of the year. He claimed that Israel, which he described as a "very successful country," did not require US financial assistance.
Trump also suggested that this decision was influenced by political opposition, particularly from Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who had proposed ending aid to Israel as part of his "America First" agenda.
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