Trump Blocks Fighter Jet Transfer Amid Deepening U.S.-Turkey Rift
US. President Donald Trump has signed into law a defense policy bill that will hold up the transfer to Turkey of 100 F-35 fighter jets, deepening a rift between the two countries over the ongoing imprisonment of an American pastor in Turkey.
The move amounts to a sharp blow to Ankara, which is already reeling from Trump’s decision last week to double down on tariffs on Turkish aluminum and steel. Turkey planned to take possession of the jets over the next decade, which would make it the third-largest operator of F-35s in the world.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/1...t-transfer-amid-deepening-us-turkey-rift-f35/