President Donald Trump told Fox & Friends on Election Day morning that he and Benjamin Netanyahu cut a deal months ago to stop the annual $4 billion in U.S. aid to Israel by the end of this year.
“They don’t need it,” Trump said. “Israel is a very thriving country.” He called the payments the left’s best talking point and said Netanyahu brought it up because he understands the political cost. Weapons sales can continue. The formal Memorandum of Understanding runs through 2028, but the signal is clear: the blank check is over.
Hours later the results landed. Democrats took both the House and Senate in a sweeping midterm repudiation. They flipped Senate seats in Texas (James Talarico over Ken Paxton), Kansas (first Democrat since 1932), South Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, Maine, and North Carolina. Greg Abbott lost the Texas governorship. Trump became the first president in 20 years to lose both chambers. Exit polling put his approval at a record low. Voters in deep-red states that backed him in 2024 swung hard.
BREAKING: President Trump says the U.S. will end roughly $4 billion in annual aid to Israel by the end of the year, revealing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the decision.
“Because they don’t need it,” Trump said during an exclusive interview on @foxandfriends, describing Israel as a thriving country that no longer requires American financial assistance.
Trump also said Netanyahu raised the idea of ending the aid himself. He emphasized that Israel remains one of America’s most reliable allies as the two countries prepare for a major shift in their financial relationship.
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The Iran War drove it. Joint U.S.-Israeli strikes began in February. Exit polls showed 74 percent of voters called the war a crucial or major factor. Sixty percent said the military action was the wrong decision, including a quarter of Republicans. Brent crude sat above $117 a barrel. The Strait of Hormuz stayed choked. Farm states that flipped felt the fuel and fertilizer pain. Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed, who ran hard against Israel aid, won a Senate seat and became the first Muslim senator. AIPAC’s money did not stop him.
JD Rucker on Substack called the night the collapse of the last firewall on the American right. The left abandoned Israel years ago. The right held longer. The war costs, the aid liability, and the generational shift finished the job. “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:3. Rucker ties the midterms to that stone and the gathering in Revelation. Average patriots will stop defending Israel by silence. The 2028 GOP primary may treat strong pro-Israel stances as a liability.
Martha: “Do you think you’ve changed your perspective about support for Israel?”
President Trump: “They have become quite rich… I said, Bibi, you guys can afford to do your own thing now, and over a number of weeks, we’ve come to an agreement …In a pretty short period of time, we won’t be paying them anything.”
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 4, 2026
The numbers already showed the slide. Gallup in February had Republican sympathy for Israelis down 10 points to 2004 lows and favorable views down 15. Pew in spring found 57 percent of Republicans under 50 viewing Israel unfavorably. Younger Republicans under 35 sit at 43 percent favorable toward the Israeli people versus 79 percent for those 50 and older. Overall American favorability of Israel hit record lows in Chicago Council and Pew tracking. The bipartisan consensus that once locked in $3.8 billion a year is gone.
A Democratic Congress will investigate the war. Arms sales face new scrutiny. Israel’s own election left Netanyahu without a clear majority; rivals already call him toxic to American voters. Trump’s Election Day announcement treated the aid as a political problem to remove rather than a strategic necessity to protect. Israel remains an ally that can buy American weapons. The automatic annual transfer ends because the country is wealthy and the domestic cost got too high.
Military and Iran War developments stay on militarywar.whatfinger.com.
The stone is heavy. The numbers say the right just set it down.
— The Whatfinger News Team: Luke and Alex with Grok on edits
