As Turkey's President Erdogan prepares to meet with President Trump, he's threatening to further inflame tensions between Washington and Ankara by purchasing Russian military fighter jets, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions.
Erdogan signaled last week in public remarks that he could buy the Russian fighter jets, but people familiar with the discussions said the Turkish leader may back off if Trump lifts the F-35 ban.
On Monday in a letter a bipartisan group of congressmen, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y, sent a letter to Trump calling on him to cancel his meeting with Erdogan because of the Turkish leader’s"disastrous" actions in Syria and purchase of the S-400. While the Syria agreement was the main headline out of the Sochi meeting, Erdogan and Putin also advanced talks about Turkey purchasing the Russian fighter jets.Trump announced a month ago that he had invited Erdogan to Washington for a meeting on Nov. 13. But it was unclear until last week that the meeting would ultimately go forward. Turkish and U.S. officials said for days it was in flux, even though it remained on Trump's calendar.
Trump's decision, which was followed by an order that has since been altered to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria, set off a bipartisan firestorm and was widely criticized by his supporters and opponents.
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