President Trump is kicking Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program over the NATO ally’s insistence on purchasing Russian-made anti-aircraft defenses, the White House announced.
“Unfortunately, Turkey’s decision to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems renders its continued involvement with the F-35 impossible,” said White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. “The F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian intelligence collection platform that will be used to learn about its advanced capabilities.”
The announcement came amid a steady stream of Russian military planes delivering the advanced anti-aircraft defense systems to Ankara this week. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has insisted on his right to deploy the warplanes alongside Russia’s technology, resulting in a standoff that could have far-reaching consequences for the transatlantic alliance.
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8 comments:
As a never Trumper ,... good for Trump
Clinton would have done it for money - not thought twice. People call him a traitor - he is a REAL American, and the Libtards can kiss my ass.
The F-35 is one hell of a tax payer boondoggle pushed by the aerospace industry and backed by corrupt politicians. Trump just did Turkey a favor.
Another smart decision made by our great President
Trump 2020
1:04 glad to see you know what you're talking about! NOT! the f35 moves the yard sticks once again. stealth and the ability to sync air cover from multiple sources! nothing like it and banning turkey keeps this technology out of our enemies hands! the turks are not our friends! If the usa sits on it's laurels the chicoms and ruskies will surpass us. Good to know you have no problems with that! get an education in world affairs then come talk to me, snowflake!
USMCF35!
Erdogan is a nutter just like Cenk Uygur.
Sure thing Top Gun. Because we sure do have the money laying around to support a program with major cost overruns to buy and maintain extremely expensive jets. Even worse. Despite opposition from many in strategic defense its been rammed down the throats of each service branch. Just wait till the chinese russians and iranians hack into the system and geound the whole damn US fleet
Bwahaha so now making a statement about gov spending is being a snowflake. Who knew
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