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.
Trump 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.
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.
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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.
BReuters says Aramco's quarterly profit just jumped by a third.
BWith attacks on its oil?
BExactly. The barrels kept moving and prices stayed high.
BThat's the oil business. Chaos drives the price up.
BAnd Aramco books a beautiful quarter while drivers pay more.
BOh, come on. They'd rather not have missiles near refineries.
BThey're not broke, Brian. The attacks are helping their bottom line.
BYou keep treating this like a morality play.
BBecause it is. The market is fragile, and the share price celebrates it.
BShare price? They're state-owned. The kingdom celebrates.
BFine. The point is attacks didn't stop output. They made oil more expensive.
BSo what do you want? Saudi Arabia to cut production out of guilt?
BNo. I want someone to say who's launching these attacks.
BThe report doesn't name them.
BThat's the real story. The Gulf is a powder keg.
BTehran's fingerprints are all over it, even if the report won't say so.
BCareful. That's your read, not confirmed.
BFair. But the region is feeding off chaos, and the world pays at the pump.
BAnd Aramco posts a monster quarter. That's where we are.
BDifferent world entirely. China's Xi is demanding more loyalty.
BThe Wall Street Journal reports he's purging the party elite again.
BWhen a leader has to say "be loyal," he doesn't have it.
BThat's what they said in 2012. He's still there.
BHe's there because he keeps cutting down rivals. That's fear, not strength.
BFear is a form of strength in that system.
BIt's a brittle strength. The economy's slowing, now he's trimming the party.
BOr he's making sure no one blames him. That's the point.
BExactly! Loyalty demands are about protecting himself, not China.
BAnd the party will nod and clap. Until it doesn't.
BThat's the thing about purges. They work until the day they don't.
BOkay. I'll give you that. But today, they work.
BToday's the problem. Nobody inside dares say the word slowdown.
BThey're too busy being loyal.
BAnd that's exactly how autocracies stall.
BMeanwhile, a fact-checker on X says a Taliban propaganda account is pushing a fake secret deal between Washington and Islamabad.
BA fake deal? What's the goal?
BTo make it look like the US and Pakistan are colluding.
BThat stirs anti-American anger in Afghanistan.
BExactly. And it's spreading, so the fact-checker is naming the account.
BGood. Disinfo moves faster than actual news there.
BAnd once it's out, you can't pull it back.
BWe saw that during the withdrawal. Fake deals, secret deals, all of it.
BThe difference now is the Taliban's own media machine is using it.
BWhich is why fact-checkers matter. Even when it's just a post.
BRight. In a place like that, every post carries weight.