The United States is providing $3 billion in additional funding to Benjamin Netanyahu for the purchase of 5,000-pound bombs.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
The sources support a real U.S. arms package for Israel of about $2.8 billion, mostly financed through Foreign Military Financing, but they contradict the claim's details: the bombs are 2,000-pound munitions, not 5,000-pound, and the money goes to Israel's government rather than to Netanyahu personally. The sale was also reported as planned and not yet final as of 2026-09-15.
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… So, in any event, we have more than enough money to pay for free healthcare many times over. It's easy. Stop. I don't want it's not a debate. I'm not even here to debate you on it. It's so obvious. It's so obvious. And what, what did we learn today? That 3 billion more dollars is going right now to Netanyahu for 5000 pound bombs to drop on little children in Gaza, to drop on people in Lebanon, or families that are celebrating weddings in Iran. That's where we learn more, more money, more money going over there. Enough, enough. I mean, 2.8 billion dollar sale of 40,000 2,000 pound bombs, the largest single sale of conventional explosive ordinances from the U.S. In modern history. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The bombs in the package are 2,000-pound munitions (20,000 Mk84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, totaling 40,000), not 5,000-pound bombs as the claim states.[1][2][3]
Contradicts. The funding is an arms package for Israel's government to buy weapons; no source describes money going to Benjamin Netanyahu personally.[1][2][4]
Supports. AP reports the Trump administration planned a $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel, most of it paid through foreign military financing, which is U.S. taxpayer money given to Israel to buy weapons from the United States.[1][4][5]
Context. The $2.8 billion figure is close to the claimed $3 billion, with Truthout and NewsNation rounding it to about $3 billion; the package was not yet final and had been informally notified to Congress.[1][6][7]
Context. The package is described as pending, with the State Department declining to comment on pending sales, so it was a plan rather than a completed disbursement on 2026-09-15.[1][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated
- 1Trump administration plans $2.8 billion weapons sale to ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 2US plans to send bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion weapons ...euronews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Trump wants largest-ever Israeli heavy bomb transfer - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs ...sandiegouniontribune.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5Trump admin plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in ...nbclosangeles.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Report: Trump Transferring $3B Worth of Bombs to Israel, Funded by ...truthout.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Trump set to send nearly $3B worth of bombs to Israelnewsnationnow.com · not rated · cited for: context
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