Netanyahu reveals why Graham 'went BALLISTIC' over US military aid to Israel

[0:03] FOX NEWS ALERT, LINDSEY GRAHAM [0:05] WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS [0:06] FIERSE SUPPORT OF AMERICA'S [0:07] GREATEST ALLIES IN THE MIDDLE [0:08] EAST, ISRAEL. [0:09] HE IS BEING MOURNED AS ONE OF [0:11] THE JEWISH STATE'S QUOTE [0:13] GREATEST FRIENDS. [0:14] ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER [0:15] BENJAMIN NETANYAHU JOINS US NOW. [0:17] MR. PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU [0:18] FOR JOINING US. [0:19] LET'S BEGIN WITH THIS. [0:21] WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL US YOU'VE [0:23] KNOWN LINDSEY GRAHAM FOR A VERY [0:25] LONG TIME. [0:25] HE'S BEEN A FRIEND OF YOURS FOR [0:27] A LONG TIME. [0:28] WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE [0:30] BIT ABOUT YOUR OLD FRIEND? [0:33] WELL, I MET LINDSEY WHEN HE [0:35] BECAME A SENATOR WHICH IS SEVERAL [0:36] DECADES AGO. [0:37] AND WE FORMED AN IMMEDIATE AND [0:39] EASY PARTNERSHIP. [0:40] HE WOULD COME TO ISRAEL VERY [0:42] OFTEN WITH HIS FRIEND JOHN [0:44] McCAIN OR SOMETIMES JOE [0:46] LIBERMAN. [0:46] AND I LOOKED AT THESE PEOPLE AS [0:49] PERSONIFYING THE TRADITIONAL [0:51] AMERICAN VALUES. [0:52] HE WAS SUCH AN AMERICAN PATRIOT. [0:54] HE WAS UNABASHEDLY FOR AMERICA. [0:57] AND HE WAS UNABASHEDLY AGAINST [0:58] THE ENEMIES OF AMERICA. [0:59] HE WAS UNABASHEDLY FOR AMERICA [1:01] AND HE WAS UNABASHEDLY FOR AMERICA. [1:02] AND HE SPOKE WHAT HE THOUGHT. [1:05] YOU KNOW, HE HAD A WAY WITH HIM. [1:07] HE HAD THIS CHARMING SOUTHERN [1:09] DRAWL. [1:10] AND YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING [1:11] WHEN HE WOULD SAY, WELL, I'M [1:13] JUST A POOR OLD SOUTHERN BOY. [1:15] AND THEN YOU KNOW HE'S COMING IN [1:17] WITH THE MOST PENETRATING [1:18] INSIGHT THAT FEW PEOPLE CAN DENY [1:20] AND THAT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES [1:22] IS THE TRUTH. [1:23] HE HAD A WAY WITH HIM. [1:24] HE WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL [1:25] FRIEND. [1:26] HE'S A GREAT CHAMPION OF THE [1:28] ISRAEL-AMERICAN ALLIANCE AND I'LL [1:29] MISS HIM PERSONALLY A LOT, A LOT. [1:32] I REALLY, REALLY THOUGHT THE [1:35] WORLD OF HIM. [1:36] AND I THINK THE WORLD HAS LOST A [1:39] GREAT HUMAN BEING. [1:40] AMERICA HAS LOST A GREAT SENATOR. [1:42] AND WE HAVE LOST A GREAT FRIEND. [1:45] MR. PRIME MINISTER, AS YOU [1:47] TALK ABOUT THE LOSS IT MEANS, [1:49] WHAT WILL YOU MISS MOST ABOUT [1:52] HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS [1:54] RELATIONSHIP WITH NOT JUST YOU [1:56] BUT WITH ISRAEL? [1:57] YOU KNOW, HIS CLARITY AND HIS [2:01] COURAGE. [2:02] IT WAS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. [2:03] HE DIDN'T BEND TO FASHION, THE [2:06] WINDS OF FASHION. [2:07] HE KNEW WHO THE GOOD GUYS WERE [2:09] AND YOU KNEW WHO THE BAD GUYS [2:11] WERE. [2:12] HE NEVER CONFUSED THE TWO. [2:14] HE WAS A LISTENING. [2:15] HE WAS A LISTENING. [2:16] HE WAS A LISTENING. [2:17] HE WAS A LISTENING. [2:18] HE WAS A LISTENING. [2:19] HE WAS A LISTENING. [2:20] AND IT'S PROXIES FOR WHAT THEY [2:21] ARE. [2:22] A DANGER NOT ONLY TO ISRAEL BUT [2:24] TO THE ENTIRE WORLD AND CERTAINLY [2:26] TO AMERICA. [2:27] AND HE NEVER WAVERED. [2:28] HE JUST KEPT TO HIS CONVICTIONS [2:31] AND TO HIS VALUES. [2:32] IT'S ALMOST LIKE, REMEMBER THE [2:34] SUPERMAN COMICS? [2:36] TRUTH, JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN [2:38] WAY? [2:39] THAT WAS LINDSEY GRAHAM. [2:40] AND THERE WAS NO, I DON'T KNOW IF [2:42] I CAN USE THIS WORD, THERE WAS NO [2:43] SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT, YOU [2:46] MAY NOT LIKE. [2:47] HE WOULD JUST DO IT. [2:49] AND I VALUED THAT. [2:51] I VALUED HIS CANDOR, HIS HONESTY, [2:54] HIS COURAGE. [2:55] HIS COURAGE TO SAY THINGS OUT LOUD [2:57] AND TO REPRESENT WHAT HE THOUGHT [2:59] WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE [3:02] LIKED IT. [3:03] I JUST TREASURE PEOPLE LIKE THAT. [3:05] AND I TREASURED HIM. [3:07] PRIME MINISTER, YOU AND YOUR [3:09] COUNTRY HAD NO GREATER ALLY IN [3:11] CONGRESS THAN SENATOR LINDSEY [3:12] GRAHAM. [3:13] WHO DO YOU THINK WILL PICK UP [3:15] THAT MANTEL IN THE MANNER THAT [3:16] HE DID? [3:18] WELL, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW [3:19] CANDIDATES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO [3:21] INTERVENE IN THE SENATE'S [3:23] BUSINESS. [3:24] BUT HE IS A GREAT LOSS, [3:26] UNDOUBTEDLY. [3:27] BUT I ALSO THINK HE PAVED THE [3:29] PATH. [3:30] HE LAID, YOU KNOW, HE LAID SOME [3:33] MARKERS FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW [3:34] BECAUSE I THINK HE WAS SO [3:39] EXCEPTIONAL, AGAIN, IN HIS [3:40] CLARITY AND COURAGE. [3:41] AND HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IN MANY [3:43] WAYS AMERICA AND ISRAEL'S [3:44] SECURITY ARE INTERTWINED. [3:45] WE HERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND [3:47] THAT'S FIGHTING THE FORCES OF [3:49] TERROR, THE FORCES OF ISLAMIC [3:51] RADICALISM THAT THREATEN [3:52] AMERICA, THAT THREATEN AMERICA [3:53] AND ITS ALLIES, THAT CHANT DEATH [3:56] TO AMERICA, DEATH TO ISRAEL. [3:57] WE'RE SIMPLY IN THEIR WAY. [3:58] HE UNDERSTOOD THAT AGAIN AND [4:00] AGAIN AND AGAIN. [4:02] AND, YOU KNOW, AND HE JUST [4:05] WOULDN'T BE CAJOLED OR [4:08] THREATENED OR PRESSURED TO MOVE [4:10] AWAY FROM THIS SIMPLE [4:11] CONVICTION. [4:12] I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF [4:14] PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAN SENATE [4:16] WHO SHARE THAT VIEW. [4:17] AND I THINK YOU CAN USE HIS [4:19] EXAMPLE AS SOMETHING THAT [4:21] INSPIRES CONTINUITY. [4:23] AS YOU KNOW BETTER THAN MOST [4:26] PEOPLE, AMERICAN FOREIGN [4:27] POLICY CAN KIND OF BE A BIT OF [4:29] WHIPLASH. [4:30] YOU GO FROM OBAMA TO TRUMP, TO [4:33] BIDEN, BACK TO TRUMP. [4:35] BUT TRUMP IS A PRETTY SINGULAR [4:38] FOREIGN POLICY, YOU KNOW, [4:40] EXECUTOR OF FOREIGN POLICY. [4:42] HAS THERE EVER, CAN YOU THINK [4:45] OF ANYBODY ELSE IN U.S. [4:47] POLITICS WHO HAS BEEN A [4:49] STRONGER VOICE FOR PRESIDENT [4:51] TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY VISION [4:54] THAN LINDSEY GRAHAM? [4:55] WELL, HE WAS CERTAINLY VERY, [4:58] VERY STRONG. [4:59] I'M NOT GOING TO COMPARE HIM TO [5:00] SOME OTHERS. [5:01] BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE [5:02] WHO ALSO SHARE THIS VIEW, AND I [5:04] THINK MANY AMERICANS DO. [5:05] BECAUSE, LOOK, ULTIMATELY, THIS [5:07] IS A TOUGH WORLD. [5:09] IT'S A CRUEL WORLD. [5:11] IT IS CHANGING RAPIDLY. [5:13] THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES TO [5:15] AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN THE [5:16] WORLD, WHICH I THINK HAS TO BE [5:18] MAINTAINED, BECAUSE WITHOUT [5:20] AMERICA, I THINK THERE WOULD BE [5:23] NO LIBERTY IN THE WORLD, AND [5:25] WE'D HAVE A DARK AGE RETURNING [5:26] AND DESCENDING ON US. [5:27] LINDSAY GRAHAM UNDERSTOOD IT [5:28] PERFECTLY. [5:29] I THINK THERE ARE MANY OTHERS [5:30] WHO UNDERSTAND IT. [5:31] BY THE WAY, I THINK THE BULK OF [5:33] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND [5:34] AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT. [5:36] YES, THERE IS A TREND RIGHT NOW [5:40] WHICH IS ADVANCED BY ALL SORTS [5:42] OF ACTIONS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA [5:44] TO TRY TO MAKE AMERICANS LESS [5:46] PROUD OF THEIR INCREDIBLE [5:48] COUNTRY, LESS PATRIOTIC. [5:50] LINDSAY GRAHAM AND THE MAJORITY [5:52] OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DID NOT [5:54] BUY IT. [5:55] AND I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF [5:57] OTHERS WHO DO NOT BUY THAT AND [5:59] WILL STAND BY THE PRINCIPLES THAT [6:01] AMERICA HAS CHAMPIONED FOR THESE [6:03] YEARS. [6:04] THAT IS THE REASON WHY THERE IS [6:06] THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL [6:08] AND AMERICA BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALLY [6:10] WE STAND FOR THE SAME VALUES. [6:12] WE REPRESENT DEMOCRACY. [6:13] WE ARE THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE [6:15] MIDDLE EAST. [6:16] WE REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. [6:18] WE VALUE EVERY HUMAN LIFE. [6:20] THESE PEOPLE CAN SLAUGHTER [6:21] THEIR OWN CITIZENS, TENS OF [6:23] THOUSANDS WITHOUT BLINKING AN [6:24] EYE. [6:25] AND WE STAND FOR SOMETHING ELSE. [6:27] WE STAND FOR OPPORTUNITY. [6:28] ALLOWING PEOPLE TO REALIZE THE [6:30] POTENTIAL IN THEIR LIFE. [6:32] THIS IS ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR [6:36] SHARED VALUES GIVE A BOND, A [6:39] VERY POWERFUL BOND BETWEEN US. [6:41] IT'S NOT THAT THAT BOND IS NOT [6:43] UNDER CHALLENGE. [6:44] IT IS. [6:45] BUT IT TAKES PEOPLE LIKE LINDSEY [6:47] GRAHAM TO KEEP THAT ALLIANCE [6:48] GOING. [6:49] AND I'M SURE YOU WILL FIND A [6:52] SUCCESSOR. [6:53] ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK YOU WILL [6:55] FIND SOMEBODY EXACTLY LIKE HIM [6:57] BECAUSE HE WAS UNIQUE. [6:58] HE WAS AMAZING. [6:59] HE COULD MAKE THE ROOM CRACK UP [7:03] AT ANY TIME. [7:04] BUT HE COULD ALSO BE SO CLEAR AND [7:07] SO POINTED AND SO CANDID. [7:09] I JUST VALUE THAT. [7:11] EVERY TIME I MET HIM IT WAS A, IT [7:14] WAS AN ENCOURAGING EXPERIENCE. [7:15] HE ALWAYS, HIS ENCOURAGEMENT [7:17] ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME. [7:18] IT DIDN'T FLY, YOU KNOW, BY MY [7:21] SIDE. [7:22] IT WENT RIGHT TO MY HEART. [7:24] AND I WILL MISS HIM TERRIBLY. [7:26] SO, MR. PRIME MINISTER, WITH [7:28] THAT, LET ME ASK YOU IF YOU [7:30] RECALL AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE [7:32] PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF THAT WORKED [7:34] ON THE WORLD STAGE WITH HIM TO [7:36] RECOUNT MEMORIES, MOMENTS, [7:38] INCIDENCES THAT STAND OUT AS YOU [7:41] REFLECT ON YOUR FRIEND AND HIS [7:43] LEGACY. [7:44] IS THERE ONE MOMENT YOU CAN SHARE [7:47] A STORY WITH US? [7:49] WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE [7:51] USED TO SAY TO ME. [7:52] I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE [7:54] KEPT ON SAYING THIS. [7:55] HE WOULD COME TO ISRAEL OR I [7:58] WOULD MEET HIM IN WASHINGTON, [8:00] AND HE SAYS, WELL, I JUST CAME [8:02] BACK FROM MY HOME STATE OF SOUTH [8:05] CAROLINA. [8:06] YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A FEW JEWISH [8:09] AMERICANS THERE. [8:10] MOST OF MY SUPPORTERS ARE NOT [8:12] JEWISH THERE. [8:13] HE SAID THAT. [8:15] HE SAID THAT. [8:16] HE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. [8:18] EVEN AS THE WINDS OF FASHION [8:20] WERE SWEEPING PARTS OF AMERICA, [8:22] THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T SWEEP HIM [8:23] OR HIS ELECTORATE. [8:24] HE SAID, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I'M [8:27] DOING ON BEHALF OF STRENGTHENING [8:29] ISRAEL STRENGTHENS THE UNITED [8:31] STATES OF AMERICA. [8:32] I'LL TELL YOU, TO THE POINT [8:34] WHERE THIS IS SOMETHING IT'S [8:37] HARD TO BELIEVE. [8:38] YOU KNOW, BUT WE WERE RECEIVING [8:41] AMERICAN SUPPORT, MILITARY AID. [8:43] AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS [8:45] THROUGH SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTS. [8:46] WE DID IT WITH THE FIRST ONE WAS [8:48] WITH CLINTON. [8:49] AND THEN IT WAS WITH OBAMA. [8:51] AND THEN WITH TRUMP SORT OF A [8:53] 10-YEAR MOU MEMORANDUM OF [8:54] UNDERSTANDING WHERE AMERICA [8:55] GIVES ISRAEL MUCH VALUED [8:56] SUPPORT. [8:57] NOW, I, WHEN I DID THIS, WHEN I [9:00] NEGOTIATED THIS, I SAID, OKAY, [9:03] THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. [9:04] WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE. [9:05] HE SAID, YES, YOU DO. [9:06] I SAID, LINDSEY, WE DON'T NEED [9:08] ANYMORE. [9:09] AND HE WOULD TELL ME, NO, I'M [9:12] GOING TO GO OVER YOUR HEAD TO [9:13] THE SENATE BECAUSE I THINK YOU [9:15] NEED MORE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [9:17] OR WHATEVER, OKAY? [9:18] AND I THINK ONCE OR TWICE HE [9:20] GOT HIS WAY. [9:21] BUT LET ME TELL YOU, THE LAST [9:23] CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM, I [9:25] SAID, LINDSEY, I SAID, LINDSEY, [9:27] WE'VE COME OF AGE. [9:30] WE HAVE A ROBUST ECONOMY. [9:33] WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN, [9:36] FINANCING OUR OWN WEAPONS FOR [9:38] THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL AND [9:39] DEFENSE OF OUR COMMON INTEREST [9:41] WITH AMERICA. [9:42] SO I'M GOING TO PHASE OUT THE [9:44] SUPPORT, THE MILITARY SUPPORT [9:46] FOR ISRAEL OVER A PERIOD OF [9:49] YEARS AND BRING IT DOWN TO ZERO. [9:51] WE CAN DO IT. [9:52] AND HE WENT BALLISTIC. [9:54] HE SAID, NO WAY, YOU CAN'T DO [9:56] THAT. [9:57] HE WAS SO CONCERNED WITH OUR [10:01] SECURITY, WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS [10:02] YOUR SECURITY, THAT HE ACTUALLY [10:04] FOUGHT THE PRIME MINISTER OF [10:06] ISRAEL ON KEEPING AMERICA'S AID [10:08] OR ACTUALLY INCREASING IT. [10:10] AND THAT TELLS YOU WHAT KIND OF [10:12] A PERSON THIS EXTRAORDINARY [10:13] FRIEND WAS. [10:14] PRIME MINISTER, THAT'S ALSO WHAT [10:17] THE CRITICS WERE ANGRY ABOUT HIM [10:19] WITH, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID [10:21] WE'RE IN THESE WARS IN THE [10:23] MIDDLE EAST AND WE'RE NOT [10:25] ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF A LOT [10:27] OF DOMESTIC THINGS AND A LOT OF [10:28] PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE WITH HOW THAT [10:30] WAR IS EXECUTED OR EVEN HOW YOUR [10:31] WAR IS BEING EXECUTED. [10:32] BUT HE DID STAND WITH YOU. [10:34] WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE [10:35] CRITICS? [10:36] WELL, I WOULD SAY WHAT HE SAID [10:39] TO ME. [10:40] HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF [10:42] THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, HE SAID, [10:44] COST OF SEVERAL TRILLION [10:45] DOLLARS, RIGHT? [10:46] AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. [10:49] HE SAID IF WE HAD ANOTHER ISRAEL [10:51] THERE IN THAT PART OF THE MIDDLE [10:52] EAST, HELL, THE WHOLE THING [10:53] WOULD BE OVER. [10:54] IT'S NOTHING. [10:55] YOU KNOW, AND HE ALSO LOOKED AT [10:57] THE NUMBERS. [10:58] I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE [11:00] SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS STILL MUCH [11:02] VALUED, BUT IT'S A PITTANCE. [11:04] IT'S NOT EVEN, IT DOESN'T COME TO [11:07] A PERCENT OF WHAT WAS SPENT IN [11:09] AFGHANISTAN. [11:10] SO, BUT AS I SAY, I WANT TO TRIM [11:12] IT DOWN TO BRING IT ACTUALLY TO [11:14] ZERO WITH ALL THE DEEP [11:16] APPRECIATION FOR THE VALUED [11:18] SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED OVER [11:19] THE YEARS. [11:20] SO I THINK LINDSAY GRIME HAD IT [11:22] RIGHT. [11:23] HE KNEW THAT, IN FACT, IF THE [11:25] MIDDLE EAST WERE TO COLLAPSE, TO [11:27] FALL INTO THE HANDS OF IRAN, [11:29] WHICH IS NOW TRYING, HAS TRIED [11:31] TO DO THAT, OR THE FALL OF [11:33] RUSSIA. [11:34] HE SAW THAT AS SOMETHING THAT [11:36] IS NOT ONLY ECONOMICALLY [11:38] STRANGLING, IT COULD ACTUALLY [11:40] EXTINGUISH YOUR LIVES. [11:41] SO HE WAS, HE TALKED ABOUT THAT [11:43] WITH ME MANY TIMES. [11:44] IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT HE [11:46] PUT OUT AS A SPIN. [11:47] HE BELIEVED IT. [11:48] AND YOU KNOW WHAT? [11:49] HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. [11:50] HE SAID IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT [11:51] AMERICA'S FUTURE, YOU'RE CONCERNED [11:52] ABOUT AMERICA'S ECONOMIC [11:53] INDEPENDENCE, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED [11:54] ABOUT AMERICA'S SAFETY, THEN [11:55] THE STRONGER ISRAEL IS IN THE [11:57] MIDDLE EAST, THE STRONGER [11:58] AMERICA IS. [11:59] YOU CAN SAVE A LOT OF EFFORT AND [12:02] LIVES BECAUSE WE'RE YOUR MODEL [12:03] ALLY. [12:04] THERE IS NO GREATER ALLY FOR THE [12:06] UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL AND [12:08] CERTAINLY THERE IS NO GREATER [12:09] ALLY FOR ISRAEL THAN THE [12:11] UNITED STATES. [12:12] AND I THINK THAT IS A SPIN. [12:14] HE BELIEVED IT AND YOU KNOW [12:15] WHAT? [12:16] HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. [12:17] HE SAID IF YOU'RE CONCERNED [12:18] ABOUT AMERICA'S FUTURE, YOU [12:20] CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA'S [12:21] ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, IF YOU [12:22] ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA'S [12:24] SAFETY, THEN THE STRONGER ISRAEL [12:26] IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE [12:27] UNITED STATES AND I THINK HE [12:30] UNDERSTOOD THAT. [12:31] PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS OFTEN [12:33] SPOKEN ABOUT THAT. [12:34] AND I THINK HE'S BEEN, HE [12:36] CHAMPIONED PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT [12:38] BECAUSE IT WAS, NOT REALLY [12:40] BECAUSE HE VALUED THE PRESIDENT [12:41] AND HIS POLICY, BUT BECAUSE HE [12:43] BELIEVED IT WAS RIGHT. [12:44] IT WAS RIGHT FOR AMERICA AND HE [12:47] DIDN'T BAT AN EYLASH ON THAT. [12:49] HE JUST SAID WHAT HE THOUGHT. [12:51] MR. PRIME MINISTER, DO YOU [12:52] HAVE A TIMELINE BY WHICH YOU [12:54] WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT U.S. [12:55] FOREIGN AID DOWN TO ZERO? [12:57] YES, IT'S MILITARY AID [13:00] ACTUALLY. [13:01] YEAH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT [13:03] BEGINNING IT THIS YEAR AND GOING [13:05] FOR TEN YEARS, BUT WE MIGHT [13:06] SHORTEN IT. [13:07] THAT WAS SOMETHING, BY THE WAY, [13:09] THAT I DID WHEN I WAS FIRST [13:10] ELECTED AND CAME TO CONGRESS. [13:11] WE HAD FINANCIAL, NOT MILITARY [13:13] SUPPORT, BUT FINANCIAL AID TO [13:14] ISRAEL AND I SAID ON MY FIRST [13:18] SPEECH BEFORE THE JOINT SESSION [13:19] OF CONGRESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO [13:21] BRING IT DOWN TO ZERO AND WE [13:23] DID THAT IN TEN YEARS. [13:24] EVERY YEAR WENT DOWN UNTIL IT [13:25] FINALLY DISAPPEARED. [13:26] YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT [13:28] THAT. [13:29] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH [13:30] THE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW. [13:31] BUT IN A WAY, YOU KNOW, I MISS [13:37] LINDSAY NOT BECAUSE HE WOULD [13:38] FIGHT ME ON THIS, WHICH HE WAS [13:40] GOING TO, BUT BECAUSE HE WAS SO [13:44] HONEST AND SO CLEAR-MINDED AND [13:50] SO COMMITTED TO THE VALUES THAT [13:53] MADE AMERICA GREAT. [13:54] PRIME MINISTER, WILL THAT DRAWING [13:58] DOWN FOREIGN AID FROM THE UNITED [14:01] STATES TO ISRAEL BE COMPENSATED [14:03] BY THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE A MERGING [14:08] OF SOME SORT BETWEEN OUR PENTAGON [14:11] AND YOUR MILITARY? [14:12] YEAH. [14:13] I'M CALLING IT FROM AID TO [14:16] PARTNERSHIP. [14:17] SO WE TAKE AWAY THE MONEY THAT [14:19] IS GIVEN TO ISRAEL, WHICH IS [14:22] ONE PART. [14:23] BUT THE OTHER PART IS WE INVEST, [14:25] CO-INVEST IN EQUAL MEASURES IN [14:27] THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE [14:29] NEEDED TO GIVE OUR MILITARY AND [14:31] YOUR MILITARY THE ADVANTAGE. [14:33] SO WE WANT, THERE ARE SOME [14:35] UNBELIEVABLE PROJECTS. [14:36] SO WE INVEST JOINTLY AND TAKE [14:38] THE FRUITS EQUALLY. [14:40] YOU MOVE FROM AID TO PARTNERSHIP [14:42] AND I THINK THAT REPRESENTS WHAT [14:44] ISRAEL IS. [14:45] AND REMEMBER THE OTHER THING IS [14:46] THAT WE SHARE WITH AMERICA [14:48] UNBELIEVABLE INTELLIGENCE TO [14:50] SAVE AMERICAN LIFE. [14:51] GENERAL KEEGAN HAS SAID THAT WHEN [14:53] HE WAS WORKING IN AMERICAN [14:54] INTELLIGENCE, WHAT ISRAEL WAS [14:56] GIVING THE UNITED STATES WAS [14:58] WORTH, HE SAID FIVE CIA'S. [15:00] I DON'T, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE [15:02] MATHEMATICALLY EXACT, BUT ISRAEL'S [15:04] CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S [15:06] DEFENSE ARE IMPORTANT. [15:07] OUR TECHNOLOGY IS INCREDIBLE. [15:09] AND SINCE YOURS IS INCREDIBLE TOO, [15:12] AND YOU ARE THE GREAT CHAMPION OF [15:14] LIBERTY AND FREE MARKETS, I [15:16] THINK THE MESHING OF OUR TWO [15:18] GREAT COUNTRIES OF TALENT WOULD [15:21] STRENGTHEN THE AMERICA'S [15:22] POSITION, COMPETITIVE POSITION [15:25] BOTH IN THE ECONOMIC MARKETPLACE [15:27] AND IN THE MILITARY BATTLEFIELD [15:29] IN MANY IMPORTANT WAYS. [15:30] SO THAT'S THE IDEA. [15:32] THE IDEA IS TO TAKE AWAY AID, [15:35] ONE-SIDED AID, AND MOVE IT [15:37] INTO THE ECONOMIC MARKETPLACE [15:39] INVESTMENTS FOR COMMON BENEFITS. [15:41] IT CERTAINLY BRINGS UP SOME [15:44] ISSUES OF SOVEREIGNTY, BUT WE'LL [15:46] HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT LATER. [15:48] THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRIME [15:49] MINISTER. [15:50] WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. [15:52] PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU FOR [15:53] JOINING US. [15:54] ACTUALLY, IF I COULD JUST ONE [15:56] LAST QUICK 10-SECOND QUESTION, [15:57] IF YOU HAD ONE WORD TO REMEMBER [15:59] YOUR FRIEND, LINDSEY GRAHAM, [16:00] WHAT WOULD IT BE? [16:04] PATRIOT. [16:05] BIG, BIG AMERICAN PATRIOT. [16:07] ALL RIGHT. [16:08] THANK YOU. [16:09] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [16:12] BE SURE TO LIKE AND [16:13] SUBSCRIBE FOR ALL OF THE FOX [16:15] NEWS LATEST ON YOUTUBE AND [16:16] CATCH FULL SHOWS STREAMING NOW [16:17] ON FOX ONE.