US Midterms: Why we lost woefully – JD Vance
What happened
President Donald Trump said the US will end nearly $4bn in annual military aid to Israel at the close of this year, announcing it by phone to Fox News as voting began on Tuesday.
Trump said Israel does not need the money and that arms sales would take the place of the aid, according to the Guardian.
He also tied the move to criticism of US support for Israel from candidates such as Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
Trump said the idea came from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had earlier floated phasing out the aid over a decade.
Israeli officials appeared surprised, and opposition figures Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan blamed Netanyahu for harming the US-Israel relationship.
Separately, Trump told the Financial Times on Tuesday that the US has no immediate plans to strike Iran, according to The Hindu.
“Why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like El-Sayed when they don’t need it?”
Guardian
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