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Trump Indicates Turkey Will Not Receive F-35s as S-400 Deliveries Occur

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

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Trump Indicates Turkey Will Not Receive F-35s as S-400 Deliveries Occur

An F-35 Lightning II streaks across the sky while doing maneuvers to the Eglin Air Force Base runway. The 33rd Fighter Wing-owned aircraft is a fifth-generation fighter and used to train pilots and maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

After four days of silence from the U.S. government since Turkey first took delivery of the Russian-made S-400 weapon system, President Trump and his nominee for Secretary of Defense each stated separately July 16 that Ankara will not receive the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a result of the deliveries. “We are now telling Turkey ... we’re not going to sell you the F-35 fighter jets,” Trump said in a televised press conference at the White House Tuesday. The Pentagon…

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