Despite Trump’s lavish praise for Erdogan, the sale of F-35 fighter planes to Turkey has not been confirmed. Let us do our utmost to protect Israel AND America!
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would lift U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defense missiles and signaled a willingness to sell the NATO ally F-35 fighter jets.
At the NATO conference in Ankara this week, the U.S. president has been singing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s praises. He described American relations with Turkey as stronger than ever and suggested Ankara’s ties with Washington justify reconsidering the advanced fighter sale.
“I have no concerns at all about anything having to do with Turkey. The relationship with Turkey right now is better probably than it’s ever been,” Trump said.
Trump repeatedly highlighted his fondness for the Turkish president, saying, “We’ve had, right from the beginning, good chemistry. We’ve had a very special relationship.” He also described Turkey as “a very powerful country militarily.”
He also criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for attempting to dissuade the president from selling the fighter planes to Turkey, saying it would “destroy the power balance in the Middle East.”
Speaking to CNN, Netanyahu argued that providing Ankara with the fighter jets would empower a government he said has adopted an increasingly hostile posture toward both Israel and the United States.
“This is not a force for peace and stability. When you give them that power, you’re going to see aggression in its wake,” Netanyahu warned, describing the Turkish government as “a regime that’s infected with the Muslim Brotherhood, which hates the United States.”
“He’s not exactly a model ally of the United States,” Netanyahu said in reference to Erdogan. “He threatens to destroy my country, the one and only Jewish state.”
Indeed, the American president said that he convinced Erdogan not to join Iran in attacking Israel during the recent fighting.
In an interview with Kan News Thursday, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli warned that a scenario in which Turkey takes military action against Israel is entirely possible.
Erdogan’s hostility toward Israel includes declarations that Turkey intends to liberate Jerusalem and repeat in Israel what it carried out in Syria, Chikli said.
Erdogan, who leads the Islamist AKP Party, has called Israel a “terrorist state” and an “occupier,” compared Netanyahu to Hitler and Stalin, and accused Israel of carrying out genocide.
Trump’s praise for Erdogan is reminiscent of his comments last month about the Iranian leaders when he signed the MoU, describing them as “very rational,” “strong,” “smart,” and “not radicalized.” He even called them “nice to deal with” while selling the U.S.-Iran agreement to the public.
“They’re liars. I don’t want to deal with them anymore. They’re scum,” Trump said when announcing the cancellation of the MoU this week after Iran violated its commitments by targeting multiple commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. “They are vicious, violent people, and if they had a nuclear weapon they would use it,” Trump said.
Trump must not make the same mistake by trusting another Islamist leader who threatens the annihilation of the Jewish state!
Meanwhile, anti-Israel activists are flooding the White House daily with comments!
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Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 (Mon – Thurs 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.EST).
Ask for the “White House Comment Line” and leave a recorded message for the president. Say: “Providing Turkey, which is led by an Islamist regime, with our most advanced fighter jets will ultimately jeopardize U.S. security.”
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