Trump Said ‘Deal’ on F-16s in the Works with President Erdogan

Donald Trump said a “major deal” connected F-16 combatant jets is successful the works with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announcing successful a station that the two leaders will conscionable astatine the White House connected Sept. 25.

The U.S. president added that the discussions will besides see the F-35 program, noting that negotiations connected that contented are ongoing.

Trump said some trade and defence agreements are expected betwixt the two sides, including what helium described arsenic a “large-scale” acquisition of Boeing aircraft.

“All of the supra is expected to reason positively,” Trump wrote, adding, “President Erdogan and I person ever had a very bully relationship. I look guardant to seeing him connected Sept. 25.”

His comments came days aft U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack expressed assurance that the merchantability of F-35s to Ankara would beryllium revived.

“Absolutely. We will find a solution,” Barrack said, adding that Turkey “should not lone beryllium a defence spouse but besides a determination component. With its defence and manufacturing capabilities, together with the United States, Turkey should beryllium astatine the halfway of this information mechanism—not lone for the region, but for the full area.”