The Israel Aid and Arms Ledger — Audit finding

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   Trump's administration kept a large aid-and-sales pipeline running. The cited two-year total spans two administrations and mixes assistance with delivery schedules, and the Hellfire notice names a possible sale recipient and principal contractor without establishing a signed contract or realized contractor receipts.

   • The American Presidency Project: 2024 Republican Party PlatformTwenty promises, items 7-9; chapters 2, 9, and 10
   • Defense Security Cooperation Agency: Israel - AGM-114 Hellfire MissilesTransmittal 24-104: possible sale, 3,000 missiles, $660 million ceiling, Lockheed Martin, delivery beginning 2028
   • Brown University Costs of War: Military Aid and Arms Transfers to Israel, October 2023-September 2025Two-year $21.7 billion estimate; $17.9 billion first year and $3.8 billion second year; delivery timing caveat
   • Associated Press: US has given at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since Gaza war beganIndependent account of study, administration no-comment, and distinction between delivered and future assistance