{"id":18334,"date":"2026-07-27T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/nobody-dictates-what-i-sell-turkey-is-a-good-ally-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:17:14","slug":"nobody-dictates-what-i-sell-turkey-is-a-good-ally-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/nobody-dictates-what-i-sell-turkey-is-a-good-ally-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNobody Dictates What I Sell \u2013 Turkey Is a Good Ally\u201d \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"U\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US President Donald Trump has made clear that the decision on whether to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey rests solely with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking aboard Air Force One on July 27, 2026, Trump responded to a reporter\u2019s question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s open opposition to the potential sale:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNobody tells me what we should or shouldn\u2019t sell. Turkey has been a good ally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump acknowledged that Ankara \u201cis not a big fan\u201d of Israel or Netanyahu, but stressed that bilateral cooperation between the United States and Turkey remains strong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments come just days after the US State Department formally notified Congress that Turkey has not met the legal conditions required under American law for any possible transfer of F-35 aircraft. As a result, official US policy on the issue remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This position is detailed in a letter from the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Legislative Affairs to Democratic Congressman Wesley Bell. The letter, prepared after Bell\u2019s inquiry to President Trump regarding US-Turkey relations, CAATSA sanctions, the F-35 program, and Turkey\u2019s ties to Hamas, states that any future transfer of F-35 jets would require Turkey\u2019s full compliance with all applicable US legal requirements. The White House directed the State Department to respond on the president\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump asserts personal authority over F-35 sales decisions<\/li>\n<li>Affirms Turkey as a valuable NATO ally despite tensions with Israel<\/li>\n<li>State Department confirms Turkey still does not meet legal criteria for F-35 reinstatement<\/li>\n<li>US policy on the program remains unchanged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related tags:<\/strong> Donald Trump, F-35, Turkey, Netanyahu, US foreign policy, NATO, State Department<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/07\/28\/trump-f-35-turkey-nobody-dictates-sales\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has made clear that the decision on whether to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey rests solely with him. Speaking aboard Air Force One on July 27, 2026, Trump responded to a reporter\u2019s question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s open opposition to the potential sale: \u201cNobody tells me what we &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"\u201cNobody Dictates What I Sell \u2013 Turkey Is a Good Ally\u201d \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/nobody-dictates-what-i-sell-turkey-is-a-good-ally-greek-city-times\/#more-18334\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u201cNobody Dictates What I Sell \u2013 Turkey Is a Good Ally\u201d \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776455189439.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}