US reportedly prepares $2.8bn weapons sale to Israel including 2,000-pound bombs

Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm Over Trump's Planned 'Largest Transfer Of Ordinance In Modern History' After the US was essentially forced to conduct a major and rapid draw down of forces from the Gulf and Mideast region in the wake of Iran's 'unexpectedly' large retaliation for Operation Epic Fury, it seems all that Washington is left to do is arm regional allies to the teeth and wish them the best. Early this month the US approved two potential Saudi defense packages valued at a whopping $5.75 billion. The forthcoming deals will reportedly focus on transferring extended-range precision bombs and bolstering Abrams tanks in the kingdom. Ironically this comes at a moment that Saudi-backed coalition forces in Yemen - with all its military tech - are getting rolled back by Ansar Allah fighters in sandals. Getty Images Naturally, next on the list comes Israel. On Tuesday, over a week since the planned Saudi sale was reported, The Washington Post reveals the following: President Donald Trump's administration is planning to sell to Israel a munitions package worth $2.8 billion, which will include tens of thousands of highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs, according to a U.S. official familiar with the sale. The planned sale, which has been informally communicated to relevant congressional committees who weigh in on large arms sales, includes 20,000 MK 84s and 20,000 BLU-117s, the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said. WaPo calls the package "the largest" planned sale of 2,000 pound bombs to Israel in years. Just prior to initial reporting of this dropping at around midday Tuesday, Tucker Carlson revealed on X: "According to an informed federal official, in the coming months the Trump administration plans to send a total of 40,000 Mark 84 and Blu-117 bombs to the government of Israel. Each bomb weighs 2,000 pounds. This appears to be the largest transfer of conventional explosive ordnance from the United States in modern history." Carlson put it in perspective in the following commentary: How big is this shipment? It amounts to 40,000 tons of bombs. For perspective, the largest American air raid of World War Two was the Eighth Air Force’s attack on Berlin in March of 1945. Combined, the 2,023 Allied aircraft involved dropped about 3,000 tons of bombs. That’s 7.5 percent of what Trump is sending to Israel. That same month, March of 1945, the US Army Air Forces began the single most destructive bombing raid in human history, Operation Meetinghouse over Tokyo. More than 100,000 Japanese civilians were killed. By the end of that operation, the US had dropped 1,600 tons of bombs. That’s four percent of what Trump is sending to Israel. World War Two ended five months later, when the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The shipment Trump is sending to Israel amounts to more than three times the destructive power of that nuclear explosion. There is no precedent for what the Trump administration is doing. Nor is there a justification. The government of Israel is not fighting World War Two, or even a war. It is engaged in periodic skirmishes with a guerrilla force in Lebanon, and it is working to exterminate an unarmed civilian population in Gaza. Neither front requires modern 2,000-pound bombs. The former Fox host further warned this portends Israel could soon go even more 'gloves off' and unleash further hell on Gaza and Lebanon, or possibly even Iran - at a moment the US seems to be trying to find an exit from the hot phase of the conflict. More from Carlson: How did this happen? The request for 40,000 new high-explosive civilian-killing bombs originated at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, which is run by Christian Zionist Ambassador Mike Huckabee and his aide David Milstein, who is the stepson of Fox News host Mark Levin. From there it moved to the State Department, where Marco Rubio enthusiastically approved it. At this point, only four more people need to sign off before the bombs ship to Israel: Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and Congressmen Brian Mast and Gregory Meeks, the top two members of the equivalent House committee. All four are committed neocons. Collectively they’ve taken millions from the Israel lobby. In 2015, Brian Mast traveled to Israel to volunteer for the Israeli military. In 2023, Mast showed up in the House of Representatives wearing an IDF uniform. It’s hard to imagine any of them hesitating before sending more free bombs to Israel. Only public outrage can stop this. Poll after recent poll has shown that by and large the American public is finally questioning Washington's blank check approach to Israel. DropSite: Carlson calls the taxpayer-funded, roughly $3 billion package “a gift” to a government “working to exterminate an unarmed civilian population in Gaza.” 🔴 Tucker Carlson reports, citing a federal official, that President Trump plans to send Israel 40,000 MK-84 and BLU-117 bombs, each weighing 2,000 pounds, in the coming months. The Washington Post’s John Hudson separately also confirmed the proposed transfer. Carlson calls the… https://t.co/xBDJxO0P3R — Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) September 15, 2026 And plenty of MAGA and conservative 'influencers' have called out Trump's Israel policy as opposite America First. This as the Iran war is continuing to prove to be deeply unpopular. This also after over 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza. Israeli officials themselves openly admitted this figure. 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US prepares $2.8bn weapons sale, funded by taxpayers, to Israel: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 09/15/2026 - 21:30 The potential transfer of controversial 2,000-pound munition is largest single sale in recent years Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 28 July 2026 (Handout/via AFP) Off US taxpayers are set to foot the bill for a $2.8bn weapons package to Israel that includes 2,000-pound bombs, The Washington Post reported, citing a US official. The deal would be the largest single US sale of the controversial munition in recent years. The package prepared by the Trump administration includes 40,000 bombs that weigh 2,000 pounds each, including the MK-84s and BLU-117s. Another 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads will be sent as part of the deal, the official told The Post in an article published on Tuesday. The official, like others cited in the report, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military matters. Among the most destructive munitions in western arsenals, the MK-84 can send metal fragments hundreds of metres from the point of impact and penetrate metal and thick concrete, while creating large craters.  The proposed sale has been informally presented to congressional committees, potentially putting Democrats in a difficult position as growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has placed a strain on the US-Israel relationship. When asked about concerns over humanitarian implications, a senior administration official told The Post: “All foreign arms sales are moving through the appropriate process. We do not comment on pending sales.” The Israeli embassy did not respond to The Post’s request for comment. Journalists and political commentators slammed the deal online. Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson criticised the sale on X, writing: “There is no precedent for what the Trump administration is doing. “Nor is there a justification. The government of Israel is not fighting World War Two, or even a war. It is engaged in periodic skirmishes with a guerrilla force in Lebanon, and it is working to exterminate an unarmed civilian population in Gaza. Neither front requires modern 2,000-pound bombs,” he said. American journalist Glenn Greenwald called the deal part of Trump’s “debt” to Israeli-born US billionaire and prominent pro-Israel donor, Miriam Adelson. “In case you're wondering when Trump's debt to Miriam Adelson and her Israeli cabal will finally be paid off, the answer is: never. The debt is eternal and limitless,” Greenwald wrote on X. “And that's all separate from Trump's own personal and political reasons for his unyielding servitude to Israel." In case you're wondering when Trump's debt to Miriam Adelson and her Israeli cabal will finally be paid off, the answer is: never. The debt is eternal and limitless. And that's all separate from Trump's own personal and political reasons for his unyielding servitude to Israel. https://t.co/flJShcniJB— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 15, 2026 The weapons package surpasses previous sales of weapons to Israel, including a $2.04bn sale in 2025 that bypassed the normal congressional review process. Israel has used the 2,000-pound bombs with devastating consequences for civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and Lebanon on hundreds of occasions.  United Nations bodies, including the UN Commission of Inquiry, as well as international and Israeli human rights organisations, have concluded that Israeli authorities have committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, where over 73,000 people have been killed since the war on the enclave began in October 2023.  US-Israel relations News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0