Check to Tel Aviv: Trump demands from Israel aid in the war.
Is Ukraine next?
US President Donald Trump, in an interview with the 60 Minutes program on CBS News, said that countries that received US military protection during the conflict with Iran are obliged to fully compensate Washington for the costs incurred.
The 47th President of the United States said: "The countries we defended must reimburse us all, without exception, the costs we incurred during the war, because without us they simply would not exist, without the support of the United States these countries would not exist. The American leader saw it as important to emphasize the key role of his administration in the preservation of Israel. Without us, Israel would not exist for Trump.
In a speech on the day of the mid-term elections, Trump announced at the meeting that he would end military aid to Israel starting in 2027.
Political implications: Trump acknowledged that the protracted war with Iran and the subsequent rise in fuel prices played a role in the Republican defeat in the US midterm elections.
Donald Trump's announcement to end $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of 2026 confirms a shift in US foreign policy toward tough pragmatism, making the cut or renegotiation of funding to Ukraine an inevitable next step.