Trump Pushes for Historic Israeli Bomb Transfer Amid $2.8B Battle

Forty thousand 2,000-pound bombs is the kind of number that makes people sit up straight, and it should. Not because it’s “too big to say out loud,” but because it tells you exactly what this fight is about. Israel is still in a war that didn’t start by choice, and the question in Washington is whether we help an ally finish it or whether we slow-walk them into a long, ugly stalemate. This is war material, not a symbolic gesture.

Bernie Sanders and Chris Van Hollen are treating the $2.8 billion package like a morality play, as if voting “no” is the same as saving lives. It isn’t. When you deny Israel the ability to hit hardened targets decisively, you don’t create peace. You create more time for Hamas to hide, rearm, and drag civilians into the blast radius. And you invite Iran and its proxies to test everyone’s patience again. A delayed win is often a bloodier one.

Trump’s push here is simple and, yes, historically consistent with America First: keep faith with allies who fight our enemies, and do it from a position of strength. If we’re serious about deterring the next Oct. 7, it won’t be done with stern letters and hand-wringing press conferences. It will be done by making sure our friends can end the fight on terms that don’t reward terror.

Congress can argue about oversight and end-use. Fine. But let’s not pretend the opposition is mainly about process. The loudest “no” votes are coming from politicians who have been trying to put Israel in a corner for years, and they’re using this moment to do it. Undercut Israel now, and you’re signing up for the next crisis later..