Erdoğan cashes in on Trump relationship for Turkey
Key takeaways
- Trump s decision to greenlight a more than $700 million military sales package to Turkey this week — despite a pushback from some lawmakers — represents Erdo an s latest win in Washington.
- Trump lavished praise on Erdo an when asked Wednesday about the military sale by a reporter, commending the Turkish leader for holding back aid to Iran when the U.S.
- He was a prime candidate to go into the war with Iran, maybe on the Iran side because he s not a big fan of Israel as you know.
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Trump s decision to greenlight a more than $700 million military sales package to Turkey this week — despite a pushback from some lawmakers — represents Erdo an s latest win in Washington. The sale is for advanced jet engines, allowing Turkey to follow through on developing its domestic fleet of next-generation fighter jets.
Trump lavished praise on Erdo an when asked Wednesday about the military sale by a reporter, commending the Turkish leader for holding back aid to Iran when the U.S. and Israel launched the war against that country in late February.
He was a prime candidate to go into the war with Iran, maybe on the Iran side because he s not a big fan of Israel as you know. And I asked him to stay out. He stayed out, Trump said.