In a question last week about whether he might readmit Turkey back into the F-35 program, President Trump replied that that President Erdogan “is a strong member of NATO” and he’s “going to probably do something that’s going to make him very happy.”
Turkey wants the F-35s, but they were kicked out of the program in 2017 when they bought the non-NATO Russian S-400 missile-defense system. That hasn’t changed, so my guess is that the F-35s are off the table.
But Turkey also wants F110 fighter jet engines, and that may be what Trump is referring to when he says he’ll make Erdogan very happy.
This morning, Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu was on Fox News and came out against Trump giving F-35s or the F110 fighter jet engines to Turkey, emphasizing how Erdogan and his Muslim Brotherhood regime talk about conquering Jerusalem and wiping Israel off the map.
Watch below:
He’s absolutely right about all of this. I get that Trump considers Erdogan his friend, but the man is a megalomaniac who is just waiting for the day to lead the Middle East in wiping Israel off the map and restoring the harsh Islamic Ottoman caliphate. That’s what he dreams about! So to give someone like this fighter jets or fighter jet engines is absolute madness. And I really hope Trump doesn’t do it.