# Herzog says Trump’s plan to end US aid to Israel was ‘like a bolt from the blue’

https://mins.news/en/item/131600

- CNN, 2026-11-06 00:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/middleeast/israel-trump-aid-election-latam-intl?Date=20261105&Profile=CNN

> Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he was stunned when President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, on the day of the midterm elections, that the United States would end aid to Israel.

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