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(56,582 posts) Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:51 AM Oct 2019

Trump reportedly offered to sell F-35 jets to Turkey in exchange for not attacking Kurdish forces

Source: Business Insider

In a phone call between President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, the US president reportedly advised Turkey not to invade northeastern Syria and offered to resume sales of the US's fifth-generation aircraft, the Lockheed Martin F-35.

Trump offered Erdogan "a really good package," in addition to other benefits and a presidential visit, a senior State Department official told the Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin.

Erdogan is still scheduled to visit the White House in November.

Trump made the decision to withdraw US troops from northeastern Syria near the Turkish border on Sunday following his call with Erdogan. Thousands of US-backed Kurds are stationed in northeastern Syria, and observers say Trump's decision has left the Kurdish fighters vulnerable to Turkish attack and may even fuel an ISIS resurgence.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us/trump-sell-turkey-f-35-jets-for-no-syria-invasion-2019-10

Hoo boy. Though I find it amusing that he thinks other air forces want that boondoggle.

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Trump reportedly offered to sell F-35 jets to Turkey in exchange for not attacking Kurdish forces (Original Post) Recursion Oct 2019 OP

Well, back in July the Orange One cancelled sales to Turkey over security concerns... TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #1

It's all about his twin towers in Istanbul. secondwind Oct 2019 #4

Or they are trying to put this out there to make it look like dewsgirl Oct 2019 #2

bingo! you win. nt Javaman Oct 2019 #6

Damage control LeftInTX Oct 2019 #9

This looks like crisis management PR C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #3

Though it wouldn't surprise me if he went off-script to do exactly that Recursion Oct 2019 #7

That phone call. Tracer Oct 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Oct 2019 #8

TreasonousBastard

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1. Well, back in July the Orange One cancelled sales to Turkey over security concerns...

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Thu Oct 10, 2019, 06:40 AM

Oct 2019

This after Congress refused to sell it to them last year.

And it was also in 2018 that we stopped buying some parts from Turkey, presumably due the the same security issues.

So, now it's all hunky-dory? Or is there more to this story?

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

4. It's all about his twin towers in Istanbul.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 07:48 AM

Oct 2019

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

2. Or they are trying to put this out there to make it look like

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 07:19 AM

Oct 2019

He tried.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)

6. bingo! you win. nt

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 08:55 AM

Oct 2019

LeftInTX

(25,349 posts)

9. Damage control

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 01:08 PM

Oct 2019

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)

3. This looks like crisis management PR

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 07:26 AM

Oct 2019

Backfilling on Trump's bumblefuckery. Nice try but too obvious.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

7. Though it wouldn't surprise me if he went off-script to do exactly that

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 10, 2019, 09:30 AM

Oct 2019

It's hard to tell with these guys where the stupid stops and the evil begins.

Tracer

(2,769 posts)

5. That phone call.

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Thu Oct 10, 2019, 08:54 AM

Oct 2019

It's slightly possible that Mr. Stupid offered to sell him jets, because EVERYTHING with him is transactional.

But I think it's more likely that Erdogan wanted to tell Stupid to get U.S. troops out of the way and that his forces (which were already lined up at the Turkish border) were going in to Syria.

So Mr. "Dealmaker" just went along with the plan.

I don't think it had anything to do with the Istanbul hotel --- which is not really his --- he just puts his now-foundering name on it for royalties.

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