Brent Crude Slides 3% After Trump Says US Will Stop Military Funding to Israel ‘By End of This Year’ – As It Happened
US President Donald Trump told Fox News he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "months ago" that the US would stop providing military aid to Israel by the end of this year.
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Now, as far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that we give Israel $4bn a year, and we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping. We’ve already agreed that by the end of this year we won’t be paying Israel. Now we’ll help Israel if they need it.
- Updated at 16.34 CET