Dave McCormick says Trump's aid announcement is consistent with a direction discussed for some time
Dave McCormickU.S. senator from Pennsylvania, in an interview with Stuart Varney on Fox Business
Asked on Fox Business why Trump announced an end to aid to Israel on Election Day, McCormick says reducing U.S. aid and moving to a cooperative defense framework has been discussed publicly for some time and that the announcement is consistent with that direction.
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Trump says he and Netanyahu agreed months ago, at Netanyahu's suggestion, that the roughly $4 billion a year the United States gives Israel will stop at the end of 2026 because Israel no longer needs it.
“There's been a discussion, quite public discussion for some time, about reducing U.S. aid to Israel and moving more towards a cooperative framework for defense cooperation. Prime Minister Netanyahu has talked about, the President has talked about that. So I don't know what the specifics of this announcement are, but it's very consistent with the direction that's been discussed for some time.”
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Trump says U.S. aid to Israel will end this year under a deal with Netanyahu; Israeli finance officials say they knew of no such plan
On Fox & Friends on November 3, 2026, Trump said the roughly $4 billion a year the United States gives Israel will be cut off at the end of the year under a deal he made with Netanyahu. The current aid agreement runs through 2028.
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Aaron Rupar posted a Fox Business clip from the morning of November 3, 2026, in which host Stuart Varney asks Sen. Dave McCormick why Trump announced an end to aid to Israel on Election Day and whether he is pandering to anti-Israel sentiment in Congress, and McCormick answers.
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Fox Business host Stuart Varney asks McCormick why the president is announcing an end to aid to Israel on the day of the election. McCormick first says Israel has been a great ally.
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Varney says it looks like Trump is pandering to anti-Israel sentiment in Congress. McCormick answers that the president's support for Israel is without question, that he guesses Trump and Netanyahu had a recent conversation, and that he does not know the specifics.
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The reference point is Trump's announcement that U.S. aid to Israel will end at the end of 2026 under a deal with Netanyahu. McCormick says he does not know the specifics but calls the announcement consistent with a direction Netanyahu and Trump have discussed, which defends it.
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