Donald Trump said Wednesday he will "probably do something" to satisfy Turkey's request for F-35 fighter jets and the en...

Donald Trump said Wednesday he will "probably do something" to satisfy Turkey's request for F-35 fighter jets and the engines needed for its domestically built Kaan fighter, speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House. Vice President JD Vance added that a formal review is currently underway to find a legal path for selling F-35s to Turkey, given that Ankara bought Russia's S-400 air defense system in 2019, which triggered Turkey's removal from the F-35 program under U.S. law. Vance said the review team is working to certify that certain conditions have been met to comply with American legislation, and that Trump himself requested the review. Reuters had reported earlier, citing four sources familiar with the matter, that the Trump administration is planning to move forward with selling dozens of aircraft engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars, despite congressional objections. The engines, manufactured by General Electric, would power Turkey's Kaan fighter, a program launched in 2016 as part of Ankara's push for greater defense self-sufficiency. According to one Reuters source, the total deal package would exceed 700 million dollars. Trump also said he would not have attended the NATO summit in Ankara if it were not for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, underlining how much weight he places on that bilateral relationship. The comment signals that the arms deal is being driven as much by personal diplomacy as by strategic calculation. Turkey has been pressing to re-enter the F-35 program for years, and the combination of Trump's comments and the active engine sale review suggests Ankara may be closer than ever to getting what it wants from Washington. #Turkey #F35 #NATO