Key facts
- Trump said the US gives Israel $4 billion a year and that payments stop by the end of 2026.
- Trump said he and Netanyahu made the agreement months before his November 3 remarks.
- Trump said the US would still help Israel if it needed it, without describing what form that help would take.
US President Donald Trump said on November 3 that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made a deal months earlier under which Washington would stop paying Israel $4 billion a year by the end of 2026.
"Now, as far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4 billion a year, and we made a deal months ago that we're stopping," Trump told Fox News' Fox and Friends. "We've already agreed that by the end of this year we won't be paying Israel. Now we'll help Israel if they need it."
The account came from Trump alone in the interview. The report did not say what the $4 billion covers, how the payments would be wound down, or whether the Israeli government had confirmed the arrangement. It also did not describe what form the help Trump referred to would take.