This post was republished with permission from Zero Hedge
Reuters reports that President Donald Trump has announced new restrictions barring federal disaster preparedness funds from going to states or cities that boycott Israeli companies, in a move which is sure to further divide Trump’s base, given it’s widely perceived even among many conservatives as flying in the face of America First.
Critics have long argued that Republicans have been placing the foreign nation Israel’s defense and funding needs ahead of American citizens’ well-being. This certainly constitutes more evidence that this is the case. Monday’s controversial order has resulted in an avalanche of online commentary and angry reaction.
To receive aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), states must now demonstrate and confirm that there’s no policy of severing business ties specifically with companies based in Israel.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s office has said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will enforce anti-discrimination laws. The US administration has long characterized the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as rooted in antisemitism. Critics have shot back that anti-Zionism and antisemitism are not at all the same things.
This would impact at least $1.9 billion which FEMA distributes annually related to natural disaster and other relief. According to Responsible Statecraft:
To be eligible for $1.9 billion available in federal grants from FEMA for disaster preparation essentials, including emergency management salaries and rescue gear, U.S. states and cities must agree that they will not cut off “commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies.”
In essence, signing a loyalty oath to another country.
Reuters tallies that at least 34 US states currently have laws that prohibit boycotts of Israeli firms. For example, Governor Greg Abbott, where recent Texas anti-BDS legislation gained significant media coverage, has stated that “anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas policies.” It seems Trump wants to see all 50 states adopt such legislation.
A move such as this – actually linking funds which would go to Americans caught in disasters and emergencies – to a litmus test of loyalty to a foreign power, is certainly unprecedented in American legal and FEMA history.
It’s getting lots of reaction on social media, in circles on the Right and the Left…
Denying American victims of natural disasters aid if they are insufficiently supportive of Israel. Absolute insanity https://t.co/VDGybhM3Py
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) August 4, 2025
Ah, great, more America First https://t.co/1JJNpccnX4
— Curt Mills (@CurtMills) August 4, 2025
This is a good way to create hate and resentment for their favored group. How do they not understand this?
— Rachael (@Rachael_wv) August 4, 2025
"Israel First" is trending on X in the US, with "America Last". pic.twitter.com/Ci4Uq0KLUg
— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) August 4, 2025
The Trump admin decision to withhold disaster relief funds is even more insane than I thought: It extends a ban on disaster funds from our tax dollars to anyone who refuses to deal with "Israeli companies" pic.twitter.com/xEM8YnKl4x
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) August 4, 2025
And this says it all as Trump’s conservative base is continuing to fragment over the support to Israel issue, and as the growing humanitarian disaster in Gaza continues to spiral, resulting in fiercer and more polarized reactions globally…
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Covered In JooGoo From Head To Toe And The People Thought It was ALL About Saving the USA From REAL Criminals!-Talk About Setting Up a Distraction!!
Remember, goyim, speaking out about ethnic cleansing or gang rapes by Jews in Israeli prisons or calling out their lies about babies in ovens or beheaded babies or mass rapes allegedly done to them on October 7th is Hate Speech, driven by irrational antisemitism.
To learn who rules over you, all you must do is find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
States do not make foreign policy, that is the function of the president as head of the executive branch of the federal government. The ‘Woke’ Right is playing into the hands of the ‘Woke’ Left to fragment Trump’s MAGA base. Trump is not an Israeli puppet. He is following an American First policy. Trump ordered the ‘no risk ‘bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities to limit Israel from deposing the Islamist regime. Keeping the Islamist regime in place guarantees that Trump’s proposed economic alliance with the Saudis, UAE, and other Arab entities, will not be disrupted by a competing democratic, secular Iran. That is text book America First foreign policy.
Remember October 7th was the result of Obama/Biden ME policies. The deep state always sets up the next America First administration for a fall for their policy failures, often intentional. These evil people (CIA) think long. At least two general elections.
I wonder will this wake the rest of the sheep up to the fact that they dont have a sovereign country anymore and bibi is the real president of the united states of israel. RFK is now going to appoint a new cdc director who’s specialities are bio weapons and ai….lmao. How do you tell people you are a nwo small hat puppet without telling people your a nwo small hat puppet….lol.
I get the anti-descrimination idea, but punishing people just because they do not support them or feel they are not ‘God’s chosen people’ is discriminating against them for having different views and beliefs. Expressing your views and beliefs is different than demonstrating violence.
This is not going to go well.