Foreign affairs
Trump claims agreement to end funding; implementation unclearLocate the account before announcing its closure
The President has supplied an end date and a round number. Finance still needs the instrument that connects them.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / State Department / Congress
- Status
- Trump claims agreement to end funding; implementation unclear
- Due
- End of 2026, according to Trump
- Paying for it
- U.S. foreign-assistance appropriations; exact funding affected not identified
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThe announced amount has not been matched to an identified funding instrument.
I know what a billion is. Several times over.
They want the account number, then the subaccount, then a memorandum with another date on it. I announce the big picture and the little numbers immediately form a committee! Find the right paperwork, I don't want somebody canceling the wrong four billion and congratulating themselves.
The counterpart's confirmation remains outstanding in the cited report.
I want the agreement in the folder.
No savings have been booked on the strength of the interview.
Fine, I can wait for the actual document. Don't bring me a television transcript with a staple and call it the Document.
PUBLIC RECORD
On November 3 Trump told Fox and Friends he and Netanyahu had agreed to end $4 billion in annual U.S. funding to Israel after 2026. Netanyahu's office had no immediate comment. Reuters said the exact funding was unclear; the existing memorandum provides $3.8 billion annually in military aid and expires in 2028. Trump's statement did not establish which funding authority would change or how.