Trump Hints at Jets for Erdogan if Turkey Quits Russian Oil
Washington: US President Donald Trump called on Thursday to stop receiving Russian oil through the war in Ukraine, while he implied that Ankara could leave a ban for buying secret war jets.
Erdogan has been making his first visit to the White House since 2019-the same year Washington saved Türkiye from the F-35 jet program after the NATO ally acquired a Russian air defense system.
Trump said that they would talk “very serious” about the end of the crack on high-tech aircraft, and if the meeting goes well, he was ready to remove the sanctions against Ankara on Russian S-400 missiles.
However, Erdogan and Ukraine, whose country refused to participate in international sanctions in Moscow and even accelerated Russian oil purchases, also forced the key issue of Ukraine.
“I want Russia to stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia is going on this ramp,” Trump told journalists at the beginning of a two -hour meeting in Oval Office. He said.
Erdogan had an influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tr Trump said: “The best thing he can do is not to buy oil and gas from Russia.”
According to the Bruegel Institute in Europe, last year, the $ 52 billion stock market-large extent fossil fuels and electronics.
In a large shift at the beginning of this week, Trump said he believes that Ukraine could win the war and insists that Western allies should stop buying Russian oil and gas before applying more sanctions to Moscow.
‘Plump Elections’
It was unclear whether Trump and Erdogan made an agreement, which had been a binding point since the first period of Trump in the F-35s.
Türkiye, six years ago, the Russian system, NATO’s main enemy F-35’in ability to give a window to the ability to give a window of the flagship USA fighter aircraft program was released.
However, after meeting with Erdogan, Trump said “the things we want, what we want,” he said.
“We will announce this after a while and he will make an announcement.” He said.
Trump, Russian missiles in the middle of Türkiye’s defense sector sanctions imposed “immediately” can be removed, he added.
79 -year -old Trump, known for his admiration for strong foreign leaders, has shown a love for Erdogan for a long time and embraces him despite the oppression of opposition in Türkiye.
“This is a man who has a high opinion. Usually, I don’t like intellectual people, but I always love it, but he’s a hard man,” Trump said.
“He knows the plump elections better than anyone,” Trump added, even after saying that they stayed out of the Republican Office because of what he calls “fraudulent election”.
Trump and Erdogan were trying to make paper on differences in Gaza and Syria. Erdogan became a violent critic of Israel, the most important US ally in the Gaza War.
“President Trump has an enormous influence. Hand in hand, I believe that we can overcome all the pain and problems in the region,” Erdogan told journalists through a translator. He said.
