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Trump Jokes About Becoming Israel's PM, Says US Will End Aid to Israel

In a Fox News Election Day interview, Trump floated moving to Israel to lead it and announced the US will halt roughly $4 billion in annual aid after 2026.

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What to know

  • Trump repeated a claim of 99% approval in Israel without citing any polling data, as he has done before in May 2026.
  • He announced the US will end about $4 billion in annual aid to Israel after 2026, though the current agreement runs through 2028 and any change requires congressional approval.
  • His actual approval rating in the US stood at 34% per CNN's Poll of Polls as of October 27, with 73% disapproving of his handling of the economy.

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Trump Jokes About Becoming Israel's PM, Says US Will End Aid to Israel
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    News outlets amplify the remark alongside aid announcement

    Outlets including Hindustan Times and others picked up the comments, pairing the Israel-PM joke with the aid cutoff announcement and noting Trump's domestic approval ratings are far lower than the 99% figure he cited for Israel.

    “In fact, if people ever got tired of me in the U.S., I'll move to Israel, become prime minister…”
    — Donald Trump, US President · source
  2. 2

    Clip of Trump's remark spreads widely on social media

    A post quoting Trump's line about becoming Israel's prime minister circulated on X, drawing significant engagement.

    “Trump: "If people ever got tired of me in the US, I'll move to Israel and become prime minister"”
    — @unusual_whales

    • Trump: "If people ever got tired of me in the US, I'll move to Israel and become prime minister"

      @unusual_whalesX5d ago92▲view on X ↗
  3. background

    Trump announces end of US aid to Israel after 2026 — In the same interview, Trump said the US would stop providing roughly $4 billion in annual aid to Israel after the end of 2026, saying Israel no longer needed the money, while indicating arms sales would continue; the existing aid deal runs through 2028 and any change needs congressional approval.

  4. 1

    Trump jokes again about leading Israel in Fox News interview

    During an Election Day interview with Fox News, Trump said that if Americans ever got tired of him he would move to Israel and become prime minister, repeating a claim of 99% approval there without citing any poll.

    1. 4 outlets Donald Trump Floats Leaving the US to Become Israel’s Prime Minister

      first by Yahoo, 4d ago · also Dangerous Minds, Hindustan Times, Reality Tea

      2 more headlines
    2. 1 outlet Trump Says He Will Move to Israel to Become Prime Minister If U.S. Turns on Him

      first by TMZ.com, 4d ago

  5. background

    Trump first floats becoming Israel's prime minister — Trump made a similar remark in May 2026, joking about moving to Israel and claiming 99% support there.