Trump Compliments Turkey as White House Says Erdogan Will Visit
- President’s posture puts him at odds with many Republicans
- Trump tweeted about Turkey making F-35’s steel frame
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Donald Trump complimented Turkey a day after clearing the way for the NATO ally to invade Syria, calling the country a “big trading partner” as the White House said its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plans to visit the U.S. in November.
The U.S. president’s posture toward Turkey puts him further at odds with many Republicans, who have expressed alarm at the country’s plans for a Syria incursion and more generally at Erdogan’s increasingly illiberal behavior. Trump’s former United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, appended a tweet critical of Turkey with the hashtag #TurkeyIsNotOurFriend.