Trump pushes F-35 sale to Turkey, but his own State Department says Erdoğan hasn’t met legal requirements
- Trump backs a Turkish F-35 sale despite legal obstacles.
- Turkey remains excluded over its Russian S-400 system.
- The issue raises NATO and Middle East security concerns.
President Donald Trump is pressing for Turkey to be allowed to buy F-35 fighter jets, despite the State Department saying Ankara has not met the legal conditions for re-entering the programme. The dispute matters because it could affect NATO relations, US sanctions policy and the military balance in…