Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played down the Trump administration's decision to cut $4 billion in military aid to Israel, stating that the deep relationship between the U.S. and Israel will not change as a result. Speaking at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Washington, D.C., he said that whether the funding is provided is far less important than the very nature of the U.S.-Israel relationship itself, emphasizing that their long-term institutional cooperation is deep, robust, and historically significant.