Trump Says US Will Stop $4 Billion in Aid to Israel by Year’s End

Donald Trump joked about moving to Israel and becoming its prime minister if Americans tire of him, according to an interview with U.S. media held on the day of the U.S. midterm elections. “I have an approval rate of 99% in Israel, can you believe it? In fact, if people ever get tired of me in America, I will move to Israel and become prime minister,” the president said.

The remark came in the same period as a separate statement on U.S. foreign policy. Trump announced that his government will stop handing over $4 billion in aid to Israel by the end of the year, because he considers that the country no longer needs those resources.

Trump said that funding has become a recurring issue in the U.S. political debate, particularly among Democrats. He also questioned why Republicans should face criticism for maintaining economic and military support for Israel, when, in his view, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu can meet its own needs.

The president maintained that Israel receives more support than any other country and said that maintaining such assistance is a political argument unfavourable to his party. He also stated that Israel has the capacity to acquire, on its own account, what it needs, a matter of responsibility that goes with what has been entrusted (Luke 12:48).

He did not elaborate on the terms of what was described as an alleged agreement, and he did not specify how the suspension of resources would be carried out.

Source: Read the original report (translated from Spanish)