In late July 2025, a video clip of U.S. President Donald Trump telling a reporter the U.S. gave $60 million for food to Gaza in July and that no other countries provided similar aid circulated widely online.
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The exchange occurred during Trump's July 27 meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland. A July 27 X post (archived) with the video clip included a rough partial transcript:
REPORTER: Should Israel be doing more to allow food in Gaza?
TRUMP: Say it?
REPORTER: Should Israel be doing more to allow food in Gaza?
TRUMP: What is she saying?
SOMEONE ELSE: Should Israel be doing more to allow food in Gaza?
TRUMP: You really at least want to have somebody say thank you. No other country gave anything. We gave $60m for food for Gaza.
The post had over 1.4 million views as of this writing. The same video clip appeared elsewhere.
A CNBC livestream of the meeting also included Trump's response (at 5:51:30):
We gave $60 million two weeks ago and nobody even acknowledged it. For food. And it's terrible. You know, you really at least want to have somebody say thank you. No other country gave anything. We gave $60 million two weeks ago. For food. For Gaza. And nobody acknowledged it, nobody talks about it. And it makes you feel a little bad when you do that and, you know, you have other countries not giving anything. None of the European countries, by the way, gave. I mean nobody gave but us and nobody said, "Gee, thank you very much." And it would be nice to have at least a thank you.
However, while Trump did make these statements, their accuracy depends on the context.
The $60M figure and July 2025 timeline
Trump did not specify where the $60 million figure came from or to whom the money was sent, but this was likely a reference to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation funding. The actual amount appeared to be $30 million, not $60 million, and it was announced in June 2025, not July.
According to Reuters and The Guardian, the State Department approved $30 million in funding for the GHF in June 2025, with an initial $7 million disbursement already made. The United States could approve additional monthly grants of $30 million for the GHF, according to two of Reuters' sources, which may explain the doubled figure in Trump's statement.
However, the $60 million he stated could not be found on USAspending.gov — a government website that tracks federal spending — as of this writing. We contacted the State Department to confirm the spending amount and have not heard back as of this publication.
What is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation?
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a U.S.-registered nonprofit organization established in February 2025 to distribute humanitarian aid during the ongoing Gaza humanitarian crisis. Backed by the Israeli and American governments, GHF began operating in May 2025 as a response to Israeli claims that aid was being diverted by Hamas (archived).
GHF is led by executive director John Acree, a former United States Agency for International Development manager, and executive chairman Johnnie Moore, an American evangelical leader and businessman as well as a former Trump campaign adviser.
The organization has faced widespread criticism from other humanitarian groups. On July 1, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted (archived) on X that the humanitarian community was calling for an end to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, claiming it "provides nothing but starvation and gunfire to the people of Gaza."
According to his post, at least 500 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured while seeking food since the program began. The system had reduced Gaza's aid distribution from 400 points to only four militarized sites. At that time, more than 130 nongovernmental organizations were calling for the restoration of unified, UN-led coordination and distribution based on international humanitarian law, including UNRWA.
Other countries' aid
Trump's assertion that no other countries provided aid was inaccurate. Other countries delivered humanitarian assistance to Gaza in July 2025 and throughout the year.
On July 27, the same day as Trump's statement, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates conducted humanitarian airdrops into Gaza, delivering 25 tons of food aid and humanitarian supplies.
The Egyptian Red Crescent also dispatched more than 100 aid trucks into Gaza on July 27, carrying more than 1,200 tons of food, about 840 tons of flour and additional supplies.
Beyond these July 2025 deliveries, the European Union announced a 120 million euro humanitarian aid package including food assistance for Gaza in January 2025 and allocated an additional 50 million euros in May 2025, bringing its total 2025 assistance to 170 million euros.
In sum …
While the U.S. government did approve Gaza humanitarian aid funding, it was $30 million announced in June 2025, not $60 million in July 2025. The assertion that no other countries provided similar aid was also incorrect, with multiple nations delivering humanitarian assistance to Gaza on the same day Trump made his statement, alongside ongoing international aid efforts throughout 2025.