Trump Announces End to $4 Billion Annual U.S. Military Aid to Israel Amid Midterm Shifts
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President Donald Trump said the United States will end roughly $4 billion in yearly military assistance to Israel by year-end, framing the move in explicitly electoral terms after the recent midterm elections shifted the political terrain.
President Donald Trump announced on election day that the United States will stop providing roughly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of the year. The decision was presented as a reaction to the political fallout for Republican candidates, with the White House openly tying it to Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, who ran on ending U.S. military assistance to Israel. El-Sayed defeated Republican incumbent Mike Rogers, becoming the first Muslim senator in the United States.
The announcement came as the midterm results reshaped the political landscape, prompting the administration to reconsider its long-standing backing for Israel, a government that has received vast U.S. military assistance for decades.