US President Donald Trump made a potentially consequential political and diplomatic announcement on Tuesday morning, as Americans headed to the polls for the midterm elections, claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had personally proposed ending the approximately $4 billion in annual American assistance to Israel. | US President Donald Trump made a potentially consequential political and diplomatic announcement on Tuesday morning, as Americans headed to the polls for the midterm elections, claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had personally proposed ending the approximately $4 billion in annual American assistance to Israel. |