Donald Trump has made clear that Benjamin Netanyahu will have no say over whether the US sells F-35 fighter jets to Israel‘s top regional rival, a day before the two men are due to meet in the Oval Office.
Aboard Air Force One, the President fielded questions on Israel’s opposition to selling advanced fighter jets to Turkey, its longtime rival.
‘Turkey has been a great ally, for me,’ Trump added. ‘Nobody tells me what we should be selling or not. Turkey has been a tremendous ally.’
Trump also claimed Israel ‘wouldn’t survive’ without support from the US: ‘Israel would have been terminated months
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