❗️In latest domestic political posturing, Trump claims US will end US military aid to Israel by year's end US President Donald Trump claimed during an interview with Fox News that Washington plans to completely cut off its $4 billion annual military assistance package to Israel by the end of this year under an alleged agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump stated that Netanyahu had proposed the termination himself, asserting that Israel’s growing economy rendered direct subsidies unnecessary while insisting that Washington would simply allow Tel Aviv to buy US weaponry outright. Despite Trump’s assertions of an imminent end to foreign military financing, regional analysts and defense watchdogs view the rhetoric as a political maneuver rather than a structural shift in US foreign policy. The $3.8 billion annual aid framework, codified under a binding 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2016, is legally anchored through 2028, and any formal cancellation or restructuring would require congressional authorization that faces overwhelmingly partisan resistance in Washington. Furthermore, pivoting from direct grants to weapon sales preserves the flow of US military technology to Tel Aviv while removing congressional oversight and public accountability over arms transfers. Rather than signaling a reduction in US support, the proposed structural shift would allow the Israeli war ministry to bypass political scrutiny, ensuring uninterrupted access to advanced US munitions under the guise of fiscal independence. The announcement also aligns with Netanyahu's stated policy of reducing Israel's dependence on US military financing and shifting toward joint defense projects. Netanyahu previously proposed phasing out US military aid over the next decade, rather than ending it immediately.