Is Trump really cutting $4 billion in aid to Israel?
On election day, President Donald Trump announced that Washington would stop providing Israel with nearly $4 billion in annual military aid until the end of 2026.
He acknowledged that aid had become a "bad talking point" for Republicans, specifically citing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who opposes unconditional military aid to Israel. But there is much more to this story than the headlines.
The existing US -. The Israel agreement, signed under Obama in 2016, provides $38 billion over ten years, and is not due to expire until September 2028. Congress controls the appropriations, and Trump has offered no clear explanation of how he intends to end the payments nearly two years early.