{"id":"1793719815593-news-segment","slug":"aramco-profit-jumps-despite-oil-attacks","title":"Aramco profit jumps despite oil attacks","summary":"On Nov. 3, 2026, President Trump told “Fox & Friends” that he and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to end $4 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel at the end of 2026, with Israel shifting to buying U.S. weapons instead. Oil prices slid on the remarks. It was not immediately clear which exact funding stream he meant; the current U.S.-Israel aid memorandum provides about $3.8 billion annually and expires in 2028. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the U.S. has sent $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel, per Quincy Institute's William D. Hartung.\n\nTrump says Israel no longer needs the money, that Netanyahu proposed ending the aid, and that Democrats use the $4 billion as a political weapon. Netanyahu had previously said he wanted to taper off U.S. military aid over the next decade; his office did not immediately confirm the new deal.\n\nPresident Trump said on Fox & Friends that he and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to stop $4 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel at the end of 2026; the exact funding stream was unclear, and Netanyahu's office did not immediately confirm.\n\nMost Westchester County polling-place ballot scanners failed to accept ballots Tuesday morning; voters were told to use emergency paper ballots, and votes will be counted, but results in the tight Lawler-Conley House race could be delayed.\n\nReuters reported that Saudi Aramco's Q3 profit rose by about a third despite attacks; no independent earnings figures were included in the available search results. This is opinion/speculation about world leaders refusing to accept an election result; no checkable factual claim.","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T15:30:15.593Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: President Trump said on Fox & Friends that he and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to stop $4 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel at the end of 2026; the exact funding stream was unclear, and Netanyahu's office did not immediately confirm.\nSource: [nbcnews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-us-will-stop-4b-military-aid-israel-end-2026-rcna607210) NAMES: Netanyahu = Israeli Prim (https://x.com/politico/status/2117638393165173108)\n\nTRUE: Most Westchester County polling-place ballot scanners failed to accept ballots Tuesday morning; voters were told to use emergency paper ballots, and votes will be counted, but results in the tight Lawler-Conley House race could be delayed.\nSource: [cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ballot-scanner-voting-issue-westchester-county-polls/), [gothamist.com](https://gothamist.com/news/ballot-pro (https://x.com/axios/status/2117638275938886128)\n\nTRUE: Reuters reported that Saudi Aramco's Q3 profit rose by about a third despite attacks; no independent earnings figures were included in the available search results. This is opinion/speculation about world leaders refusing to accept an election result; no checkable factual claim.\nSource: Reuters NAMES: Aramco = Saudi Arabian Oil Co., Saudi Arabia's state oil giant. 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POST 2115140774501523861: NOCLAIM N/A NAMES: Lula = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Br","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@Reuters"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793719815593-news-segment-aramco-profit-jumps-despite-oil-attacks","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793719815593-news-segment-aramco-profit-jumps-despite-oil-attacks","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793719815593-news-segment-aramco-profit-jumps-despite-oil-attacks and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Reuters says Aramco's quarterly profit just jumped by a third."},{"host":"Brian","text":"With attacks on its oil?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Exactly. The barrels kept moving and prices stayed high."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the oil business. Chaos drives the price up."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Aramco books a beautiful quarter while drivers pay more."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Oh, come on. They'd rather not have missiles near refineries."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They're not broke, Brian. The attacks are helping their bottom line."},{"host":"Brian","text":"You keep treating this like a morality play."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Because it is. The market is fragile, and the share price celebrates it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Share price? They're state-owned. The kingdom celebrates."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fine. The point is attacks didn't stop output. They made oil more expensive."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So what do you want? Saudi Arabia to cut production out of guilt?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"No. I want someone to say who's launching these attacks."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The report doesn't name them."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the real story. The Gulf is a powder keg."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Tehran's fingerprints are all over it, even if the report won't say so."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Careful. That's your read, not confirmed."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. But the region is feeding off chaos, and the world pays at the pump."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Aramco posts a monster quarter. That's where we are."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different world entirely. China's Xi is demanding more loyalty."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The Wall Street Journal reports he's purging the party elite again."},{"host":"Brian","text":"When a leader has to say \"be loyal,\" he doesn't have it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's what they said in 2012. He's still there."},{"host":"Brian","text":"He's there because he keeps cutting down rivals. That's fear, not strength."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fear is a form of strength in that system."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's a brittle strength. The economy's slowing, now he's trimming the party."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Or he's making sure no one blames him. That's the point."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly! Loyalty demands are about protecting himself, not China."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the party will nod and clap. Until it doesn't."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's the thing about purges. They work until the day they don't."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Okay. I'll give you that. But today, they work."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Today's the problem. Nobody inside dares say the word slowdown."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They're too busy being loyal."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's exactly how autocracies stall."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meanwhile, a fact-checker on X says a Taliban propaganda account is pushing a fake secret deal between Washington and Islamabad."},{"host":"Bella","text":"A fake deal? What's the goal?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"To make it look like the US and Pakistan are colluding."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That stirs anti-American anger in Afghanistan."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. And it's spreading, so the fact-checker is naming the account."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Good. Disinfo moves faster than actual news there."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And once it's out, you can't pull it back."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We saw that during the withdrawal. Fake deals, secret deals, all of it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The difference now is the Taliban's own media machine is using it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Which is why fact-checkers matter. Even when it's just a post."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. In a place like that, every post carries weight."}]}