Posted on 09/25/2025 3:29:01 PM PDT by McGruff
President Donald Trump hosted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House to discuss trade and military matters.
The Thursday meeting was Erdogan’s first visit to the White House in roughly six years. It began with President Trump suggesting that the United States could lift sanctions on Turkey and allow it to purchase F-35 jets, provided Ankara stops purchasing Russian oil.
“He needs certain things, and we need certain things, and we’re going to come to a conclusion. You’ll know by the end of the day,” Trump stated of Erdogan. “The best thing he could do is not buy oil and gas from Russia.”
Turkey has remained one of the most significant buyers of Russian oil since the European Union announced a boycott in 2023.
Since January, Turkey has purchased over $90 billion in Russian oil, natural gas, and coal, placing it only behind China and India in the same period.
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Erdogan is a snake, Remove all nuclear weapons from
Incirlik and be done with them.
Would you people have Muslim Turkey buy oil from Muslim countries?
Based what I’ve seen on various videos, Turkey (now Türkiye) is largely secular.
Today’s President is currently admonishing the populace to return to Islam.
Screw the Ottoman Empire.
I was not a happy camper today about this meeting.
Like it or not, he is needed to help stop the war in Ukraine.
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