Trump Says US Will Lift Turkey Sanctions in F-35 Push

President Donald Trump said Tuesday in Ankara that the United States will lift sanctions imposed on Turkey after its S-400 purchase and will consider restoring Turkey's access to F-35 fighters. He said senior Cabinet officials were working on the sanctions step, while legal hurdles tied to the S-400 system remain before Ankara could rejoin the program. The move came despite Benjamin Netanyahu's warning that F-35s for Turkey would upset the Middle East power balance and threaten Israel's qualitative military edge. For Israel, the sanctions shift turns a Turkish arms request into a live U.S. policy fight over regional air superiority and Erdogan's hostile posture.