President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with a bizarre Election Day suggestion that he could abandon American politics and become Israel’s prime minister if voters ever grew tired of him. Just hours later, Democrats delivered a stunning midterm victory that stripped Republicans of control of both chambers of Congress.
The remarkable timing came as Trump appeared by phone on Fox News’ Fox & Friends Tuesday morning, November 3, boasting about his popularity overseas despite facing historically low approval ratings at home.
Claiming an astonishing 99% approval rating in Israel, Trump suggested he had another political career waiting for him if Americans decided they had seen enough.
“In fact, if people ever got tired of me in the U.S., I’ll move to Israel and become prime minister,” Trump declared.
Although the president appeared to be joking, his comments quickly attracted attention, particularly because he offered no evidence to support his extraordinary popularity claim.
A June 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that 69% of Israeli adults expressed confidence in Trump’s handling of world affairs. Another survey released in February 2026 found that 73% of Israelis considered him a better-than-average American president for Israel’s interests.
Neither figure comes close to the 99% Trump repeatedly claims. Independent fact-checkers previously found no reputable publicly available polling supporting that number.
The timing of his remarks proved especially awkward as Election Day unfolded.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released November 2 placed Trump’s approval rating at just 32%, near its lowest point of his political career. The survey also showed Democrats holding a significant advantage over Republicans heading into the midterms.
By Wednesday morning, the political damage was undeniable. Democrats had captured both the House and Senate, sweeping Republicans out of power in a dramatic backlash against Trump’s administration.
The results included surprising Democratic victories in traditionally Republican strongholds, with voter frustration over rising living costs, the war with Iran and Trump’s leadership helping fuel the electoral revolt.
The president’s unusual suggestion about taking over Israel also came with another glaring political complication: He had publicly endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection just two weeks earlier.
Trump threw his support behind Netanyahu on October 18, praising him as a strong leader and an essential American ally. But Israel’s October 27 election delivered a setback for Netanyahu, whose political bloc secured just 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, eight short of the majority needed to govern.
Opposition parties won 48 seats, while Arab-led parties captured another 19, leaving Israel facing difficult negotiations over its next government.
Trump’s supposed backup career would face serious legal hurdles of its own. Israeli law requires the prime minister to be a member of the Knesset, while government ministers must be Israeli citizens and residents. An American president cannot simply move overseas and assume the position.
Trump gave no indication that he was seriously considering such a move.
The unusual interview also included a potentially significant announcement about American financial assistance to Israel.
Trump claimed he and Netanyahu had reached an agreement to end approximately $4 billion in annual U.S. aid after 2026, arguing that Israel no longer needed the financial support.
The president acknowledged that American assistance to Israel had become a political liability, particularly among Democrats who have questioned Washington’s continued military funding amid the conflicts in Gaza and Iran.
However, the announcement raised immediate questions. The current U.S.-Israel agreement provides approximately $3.8 billion annually through September 2028, and Congress plays a central role in approving the money.
Netanyahu’s government had not publicly confirmed the reported agreement, leaving uncertainty over whether Trump’s proposed cutoff would actually take effect.
For a president who spent Election Day bragging about his supposedly unmatched popularity in another country, the outcome at home delivered a considerably different message.
Americans handed Democrats control of Congress, setting the stage for renewed oversight of Trump’s administration and potentially fierce political battles during the remaining two years of his presidency.
Trump’s remarks about becoming Israel’s next leader may have been intended as a joke, but after Tuesday’s sweeping Republican defeat, his suggestion that Americans might eventually grow tired of him carried an uncomfortable new significance.
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It’s the Economy Stupid. This expression has been repeated for decades including President Reagan. President Trump you still may have a wonderful Legacy but you forgot the midterms and that was to lower gas prices and groceries and health care for Americans and to deal with the housing crisis. You were to busy with foreign affairs. You should have finished off Iran in 90 days and ended it. You are responsible for the midterm fiasco because you ignored these common well known areas of attention that needed to be addressed to help Americans domestically, You are not paying attention to what matter to families at the table. How can we have all this so called oil and yet the highest gasoline prices. Governor Newsome is responsible for shutting down two refineries in CA but Federal intervention should have taken priority to supplies domestically. Time to regroup and refocus. You may not be able to work with the Democrats if all they want to do is obstruct and investigate and they too can waste their opportunity to reach across the isle and work for the American people time will tell!