To understand why these headlines don't reflect a true break, one need only consider the substance behind the rhetoric.

In a May appearance on "The Jimmy Dore Show," Catherine Austin Fitts, the former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during George H.W. Bush's administration, addressed reports that Trump had cut ties with Netanyahu and that a broader U.S.-Israel split was looming.

Fitts correctly noted that such allegations were baseless and that rumors of Trump and Netanyahu being at loggerheads with each other were "theater." She stressed that "Netanyahu can only do what he is doing, because we're [the United States] funding it." Ultimately, the flow of resources, not public statements and media speculation, is what shapes the true nature of the United States-Israel relationship.

So far into the Trump presidency, the facts are on Fitts' side.

In Trump's second term, his administration has repeatedly bypassed Congress to deliver billions in military aid and advanced weaponry to Israel, even as the world condemns Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

As reporting of Trump's allegedly fraying relations with Netanyahu surfaced, Trump went on a tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Trump's tour conspicuously excluded Israel, prompting speculation about possible tensions between the United States and the Jewish state. On this Gulf Arab tour, the United States offered security guarantees and privileged access to advanced technology in exchange for massive Gulf investments.

Ostensibly focused on economic deals and investments—totaling trillions of dollars—the trip was a diplomatic blitz to bind Gulf monarchies closer to Washington and to each other, with Israel as a silent but central partner.

While Trump postured as a tough negotiator with Netanyahu, the flow of American arms to Israel has only accelerated. In just the first six weeks of his second term, Trump's administration doled out nearly $12 billion in military aid to Israel, including over 35,000 2,000-pound bombs—munitions widely used in the devastation of Gaza. These sales were rushed through by invoking emergency authorities, sidestepping even a friendly, pro-Israel Congress.

Furthermore, Trump reversed Joe Biden's pause on heavy munitions and revoked requirements that U.S. weapons not be used in violation of international law, removing even symbolic checks on Israeli conduct. The administration also delivered over 20,000 assault rifles to Israel, a sale previously blocked by Biden over concerns about settler violence in the West Bank.