'Nobody Tells Me What We Should Be Selling': Trump Dismisses Netanyahu's Objections to Possible F-35 Sale to Turkey
Trump said Turkey has been a good ally as the administration weighs easing defense restrictions and possible F-35 access, despite Israeli objections over regional air power.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump dismissed concerns from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the potential sale of American F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, asserting that his administration alone decides U.S. arms exports.
- Ankara seeks to secure U.S.-made F-35 jets and engines for its indigenous KAAN fighter program; Turkey was removed from the multinational program in 2020 after purchasing the Russian-made S-400 air defense system, triggering sanctions under CAATSA.
- President Donald Trump called Turkey a "tremendous ally," arguing it deserves the F-35 despite the S-400 acquisition, while The State Department told Congress that American policy "remains unchanged," requiring Turkey to resolve the S-400 issue first.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned earlier this month that supplying the F-35 to Turkey would "upset the power balance in the Middle East," arguing that such technology would erode Israel's qualitative military edge.
- Trump claimed Turkey has been "much more loyal" than other allies and credited his administration's exit from the Iran Nuclear Deal with saving Israel, as Netanyahu arrived in Washington for high-level security talks.
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U.S. President Donald Trump assured him that “nobody” can tell him what weapons to sell after being consulted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s annoyance about a possible Washington agreement to transfer F-35 aircraft to Turkey. During a Monday meeting with the press on board the Air Force One, the ... Continue reading "Trump responds to Netanyahu for possible sale of F-35 to Turkey: "No one tells me what to sell"" The post Trump re…
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US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his administration considering selling American military aircrafts to Turkey on Monday, downplaying concerns that the...
In the moments leading up to the meeting between the heads of government of the United States and Israel, the first spoke to the journalists and exposed the cracks with the second. Donald Trump considers that it is not Telavive who decides whether Washington will sell F-35 fighters to Ankara
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