President Donald Trump speaks during a White House National Day of Prayer Service in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
By The Istanbul Post
August 20, 2020 12:09 amWASHINGTON D.C.
US President Donald Trump announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to buy F-35 fighter jets and is investigating this issue.
Trump evaluated the agenda at the press conference he held at the White House and answered journalists’ questions.
Responding to allegations that the UAE wants to buy F-35 fighter jets from the US, Trump said, “The UAE definitely has the money to pay for these planes. This is a good thing, because you know that many times we make 10-cent deals with countries. then they can’t pay because they don’t have money. ” used the expressions.
“The pilots I talked to looked better than Tom Cruise,” Trump said he spoke to some pilots and that the advantage of the F-35s was not seen in air defense systems. said.
Regarding the sale of the F-35 to the UAE, Trump said, “They (UAE) want to buy the F-35. We will see what happens. We are looking into this issue, but they have offered a great advantage in peace in the Middle East.” he spoke.
When asked about whether Saudi Arabia will be included in the agreement reached between the UAE and Israel to “completely normalize relations”, Trump said, “Many countries are coming to this agreement quickly. When they all come, Iran will come. There will be peace in the Middle East. It will be good.” gave the answer.
“We have very good relations with Erdogan“
When Trump asked about the content of his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi on Thursday, “We have withdrawn a large amount of our troops from Iraq. We are coming out of these ridiculous, endless wars. In fact, we should never have gone there in the very beginning. I think going there is the worst in our history.” our country should never have happened in the Middle East. ” He commented.
Afghanistan and stressed that drew in troops from countries like Syria Trump, “Imagine that when I pulled our troops between Syria and Turkey. Everyone ‘this terrible,’ he said. Turkey can certainly take care of their own business. (President Recep Tayyip Erdogan) We have very good relations with Erdogan. ” said.
Trump underlined that everyone said that if they left Syria it would be a “disaster” but there was no disaster.
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