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President Donald Trump on Thursday stated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may show massively influential in ending Russia’s warfare in Ukraine “if he needs to.”
Trump, who in latest weeks has more and more demanded that NATO allies stop all Russian oil purchases to dam funding for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warfare chest, set his sights on Erdoğan whereas chatting with reporters from the Oval Workplace.
“I feel he may have an enormous affect if he needs to,” Trump stated whereas sitting subsequent to Erdoğan. “Proper now, he is very impartial. He likes being impartial. So do I, like being impartial.”
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks throughout a gathering with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan within the Oval Workplace on the White Home on Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
“However he is anyone that if he received concerned, the very best factor he may do will not be purchase oil and fuel from Russia,” Trump added.
The president advised reporters the 2 major points he deliberate to debate with the Turkish leader have been “warfare” and “commerce.”
“I might prefer to have him cease shopping for any oil from Russia. Whereas Russia continues this rampage towards Ukraine,” Trump stated. “Disgraceful.”
“Putin must cease,” he added.
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A toddler waves from a bus window after crossing the Ukrainian border into Poland on the Medyka crossing on Mar. 14, 2022. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Erdoğan stated he plans to debate the sale of U.S. F-35s to Turkey, which throughout Trump’s first time period, the U.S. barred Ankara from acquiring after it additionally bought a Russian air protection system over issues that Moscow may get its arms on the U.S. expertise.
Trump on Thursday didn’t say if he would comply with elevate the ban or use it to barter an finish to Turkish imports of Russian oil. Ankara is Russia’s third-largest importer, behind India and China.
However whereas India has already had secondary tariffs slapped on it, and negotiations with China stay ongoing, Turkey has to date escaped Trump’s secondary tariff threats — although Trump stated tariffs would even be on the day’s agenda.
A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II is seen on the flight deck aboard the united statesCarl Vinson, a US nuclear-powered plane provider, throughout its port go to at a South Korean naval base within the southeastern port metropolis of Busan on Nov. 22, 2023. (Tune Kyung-Seok/pool/AFP through Getty Pictures )
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Trump on Thursday stated the U.S. and Turkey are “in nice form” in terms of securing a attainable deal on F-16 fighter jets, however didn’t point out if that prolonged to F-35s as properly.
“We’re speaking about that very critically,” Trump stated. “He wants sure issues, and we want sure issues, and we’ll come to a conclusion by the tip of the day.”
