{"id":8169,"date":"2026-07-29T08:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:45:19","slug":"trump-rejects-israeli-objections-to-potential-f-35-sale-to-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8169","title":{"rendered":"Trump Rejects Israeli Objections to Potential F-35 Sale to T\u00fcrkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Washington:<\/strong> US President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> has dismissed Israeli objections to the potential sale of <strong>F-35 fighter jets<\/strong> to <strong>T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong>, saying no one has the authority to dictate what the United States should sell to its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to US media reports, Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters aboard <strong>Air Force One<\/strong>. Responding to concerns raised by Israeli Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong>, the US president said, <strong>\u201cNo one can tell me what we should sell.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump described T\u00fcrkiye as a <strong>strong and longstanding ally<\/strong> of the United States. He praised Turkish President <strong>Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan<\/strong>, saying he had done &#8220;a very good job&#8221; in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US president acknowledged that T\u00fcrkiye and Israel have significant political differences and that Ankara does not have a favourable relationship with the Israeli government. However, he emphasised that T\u00fcrkiye remains an important strategic partner for Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cT\u00fcrkiye is a great and powerful country,\u201d Trump said, adding that it possesses a <strong>large and capable military<\/strong> and continues to be an <strong>excellent ally<\/strong> of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, during the <strong>NATO Summit in T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong>, Trump also announced that his administration was working to <strong>lift sanctions imposed on T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong> and said his government would consider allowing Ankara to rejoin the <strong>F-35 fighter jet programme<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has repeatedly voiced opposition to any move that would provide T\u00fcrkiye with the fifth-generation stealth aircraft. Israeli officials argue that supplying the advanced fighter jets could alter the regional military balance and affect Israel&#8217;s qualitative military edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent statement, Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> said the Erdo\u011fan government has adopted a firm stance against Israel and warned that delivering F-35 aircraft to T\u00fcrkiye could have significant security implications for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00fcrkiye was originally a partner in the multinational <strong>F-35 programme<\/strong>, but in <strong>2019<\/strong>, during Trump&#8217;s first term as president, the United States removed Ankara from the programme after it purchased the <strong>Russian-made S-400 air defence system<\/strong>. Washington argued that operating the S-400 alongside the F-35 could compromise the stealth aircraft&#8217;s sensitive technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, T\u00fcrkiye has repeatedly sought to restore defence cooperation with the United States, including renewed discussions about purchasing F-35 aircraft. The issue remains a significant point in US\u2013T\u00fcrkiye defence relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of now, the United States has <strong>not announced a final decision<\/strong> on whether F-35 sales to T\u00fcrkiye will resume. Trump&#8217;s latest remarks reflect his position on the matter, while any future transfer of the aircraft would remain subject to US government procedures, legal requirements, and policy decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington: US President Donald Trump has dismissed Israeli objections to the potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to T\u00fcrkiye, saying no one has the authority..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438923_5201125_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8171,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions\/8171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}