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On election day, Trump tries to show he isn't Netanyahu's b!tc4
US will halt $4B in aid to Israel as the Mideast ally shifts to buying military hardware, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
"You can consider it barter. You can consider military aid or cash," Trump said. "Look, we give them $4 billion of things and money, and they don't need it. And I was approached by Bibi Netanyahu, and we've been talking about it for a couple of years because it's a lot of money."
"The left uses the $4 billion payment — that everybody knows about, it's no secret — as a signal of unfairness," Trump said Tuesday on Fox. "And we can't allow that to happen. I don't like that, because it's too easy. It's almost too easy a target. And Bibi and I have been talking, and we've agreed. He was very understanding of it."currently.att.yahoo.com - Trump says US haltOf course, that cutoff of aid has been reported about, for months. Thing is, what "Bibi" was asking for, was a cutoff, after another ten years of leaching off of the US, and the cutoff always subject to being delayed or dropped. It's nothing but a show for US public consumption. Then there is the benefit to Israel of the legislation in Congress now, to merge US military R&D and intelligence with Israel, so Israel receives the results for free.
Steve
