As millions of Americans head to the polls to cast their vote on Election Day, President Donald Trump is threatening to leave the United States altogether.
“If people ever get tired of me in the U.S., I’ll move to Israel and become prime minister,” the commander-in-chief, 80, claimed while calling into the Tuesday, November 3, episode of Fox & Friends and after touting his alleged popularity in the region.
“I’m at 99 [percent approval,” Trump claimed. “I have the highest approval rating of anybody in history.”
Trump’s apparent plans to leave the U.S. if he is no longer popular with the electorate comes amid the president’s record-low approval ratings. In a new CNN poll taken between October 13 and October 26, Trump’s disapproval rating in the United States was at 64 percent.
The president’s overall approval rating dropped to 34 percent. Just nine states still rate Trump positively, including Wyoming, North Dakota and Arkansas.
The president’s comments also come after he claimed the United States will no longer be sending military aid to Israel. (The U.S. sends approximately $4 billion in military aid to the country every year.)
“Israel’s our No. 1. We give them more than anybody else, and they no longer need it,” Trump said via phone during the on-air interview. “We’ve been doing it for years. I’ve been doing it. But Israel is a very thriving country. They don’t need it. If they did need it, I would say keep it going.”
Trump claimed to have recently made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the United States to stop funding the country’s military, including the country’s missile-defense system the Iron Dome. The president alleged the pair “made a deal months ago” and that the money would get “cut off at the end of the year.”
“They’ve been a great partner, but we stopped Iran,” he said before changing topics drastically. “Iran was an unstoppable force. We knocked the hell out of them.”
Netanyahu, 77, has yet to publicly comment on the president’s claims.
Trump’s interview comes during a pivotal midterm election for the United States. Depending on the results in several key states, Democrats could take back control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives as Trump continues his second presidential term.
Hours before voting centers closed on the East Coast, Trump said he was watching Fox News and didn’t approve of one of the guests speaking.
“Watching the Pre-Election Results on Fox News, but I can’t stand Jessica Tarlov‘s voice — DUMB AS A ROCK, but it’s the voice that gets me,” he wrote via Truth Social on Tuesday. “Have to go somewhere else until that LOSER is off the air — I’ll be back later!”
