Young Republicans turn away from 'Israel' as Trump approval plunges
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The American Conservative highlights rising discontent among young Republican voters over US support for "Israel".
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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak after Netanyahu addressed the Knesset, "Israel's" parliament, on October 13, 2025, in occupied al-Quds. (Pool via AP)
One of the toughest challenges facing the administration and Republican Party leadership is how to deal with the growing awareness among the young base that is questioning why billions of dollars must be sent to support "Israel", the conservative magazine The American Conservative reported.
The Republican Party’s voter base has also become more outspoken in confronting decision-makers, who have repeatedly avoided giving direct answers in recent months. It is no longer a secret that “an entire generation is turning away from Israel.” One young voter told Donald Trump Jr., “I’d like to ask about your father’s relationship with Israel. He's taken over $230 million from pro-Israel groups… During the summer against Iran, even though he advised against it, Israel still attacked Iran, and the U.S. still bombed on behalf of Israel.”
Young Republicans have also brought back attention to the USS Liberty incident, when “Israel” attacked a US Navy ship in the Mediterranean in 1967, killing 34 and injuring 171 people.
The magazine added that the rate of disengagement from “Israel” among the youth has reached about 53%, compared to 32% support. Trump’s reputation has also suffered significantly among the same generation, going from a plus-8 net approval rating in February to a minus-55 net approval rating in October, in a 63-point downward swing.
The survey of voters under 30 showed 39% approved of Trump and 58% disapproved. The pollster noted, “This is the lowest net approval Trump has received in any Economist/YouGov Poll in Trump’s second term, and lower than all but one poll in his first term.”
Israeli regime seeks 20-year US security pact
This report comes after Axios reported that “Israel” is pushing for a new long-term security agreement with the United States that would span 20 years, double the traditional framework, and include provisions tailored to the Trump administration’s “America First” policy.
The move marks the most ambitious military assistance request ever put forward by the Israeli occupation, which hopes to lock in extended strategic support at a time of growing skepticism toward foreign aid within the United States, including among segments of President Donald Trump’s MAGA base.
The current 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed in 2016 under the Obama administration, guarantees the Israeli occupation $38 billion in military assistance and is set to expire in 2028. Tel Aviv aims to conclude a new deal within the next year despite a far more contentious political climate.
US lawmakers in both parties have increasingly expressed frustration with the Israeli conduct in Gaza, while Trump-aligned Republicans have grown more vocal in their opposition to foreign aid packages across the board. This could complicate congressional approval of any new agreement, especially one expected to exceed the current $4 billion annually.
The United States has signed three such 10-year assistance agreements with “Israel”: in 1998 ($21.3 billion), 2008 ($32 billion), and 2016 ($38 billion). In 2024, during the war on Gaza, the Biden administration and Congress also approved a separate emergency multi-billion-dollar military package on top of the existing MOU.
US-'Israel'; unconditional relationship
After the October 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood operation, the then-Biden administration rushed aircraft carriers, thousands of troops, and extensive military aid to back "Israel’s" assault on Gaza, deepening direct US military exposure in the region. This dynamic reflected a structural reality: US policy treated Israeli “security prerogatives” as overriding regional borders and sovereign constraints, enabling the Israelis to “go where they want, when they want, and do what they want,” with American power as the enabling scaffold.
By 2024, this had produced a layered confrontation, Gaza under genocidal bombardment, daily exchanges of fire on the Lebanese front, and a maritime Yemeni ban in the Red Sea, in which Washington repeatedly escalated on "Israel’s" behalf while failing to impose any meaningful limits on its ally's conduct.​
Within the United States, a dramatic generational rupture with the political class over "Israel’s" wars is now centered on youth rejection of sending “billions of dollars” to support "Israel’s" operations. In a collection of reports, US polling, and conservative commentary, note that a key challenge for Republican leadership is “how to deal with the growing awareness among the young base that is questioning why billions of dollars must be sent to support Israel,” with an entire generation “turning away from Israel.”​
