Trump’s stupid foreign aid statement really drives home how much the so-called business mogul knows jack about deals. The US aid Israel gets seems like such a nice gift until you realize that it’s use is rather limited and about 77% of that aid is used to acquire US systems and products, as well as to develop technologies that the US and other Western allies later obtain. It’s not a ‘donation’ so much as an investment, and it’s one that’s proven worthwhile considerably over the years.