WASHINGTON, Nov 4 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Washington is ending a 10-year security assistance accord with Israel that allowed US$3.8 billion in annual assistance to its ally until 2028.
Trump said Israel was “fine” with him ending the assistance, which began in 2019 and was signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, three years earlier.
“We’ll help Israel if they need it,” Trump added in an interview on Fox and Friends, saying that he had agreed with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut the assistance.
“Israel’s our number one; we give them more than anybody else, and they no longer need it... If they did need it, I would say keep it going,” Trump added.
