Trump to ax $4 billion in funding to Israel by year-end

President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that the U.S. will end roughly $4 billion in aid to Israel by year-end.

According to the president, “they don’t need it” and he doesn’t need the grief from Democrats such as Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan who have attempted to use American aid to Israel as a wedge issue.

‘We give them more than anybody else.’

Since World War II, Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid. According to a 2025 Congressional Research Service report, the U.S. has provided Israel with $174 billion — in non-inflation-adjusted dollars — in aid and military defense funding.

Although America and Israel do not have a mutual defense pact, the Obama administration signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding in September 2016 committing the U.S.