US President Donald Trump says he doesn't blame Turkey for its purchase of S-400s from Russia as lots of problems 'occurred during the Obama administration'
A Russian plane which transported the first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system takes off from Akinci Air Base near Ankara, Turkey, July 12, 2019.
"There's a lot of circumstances and a lot of problems that occurred during the Obama administration," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "This dates back to the Obama administration, which was a disaster." He did so last week when announcing Ankara's removal from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Turkey's suspension is slated to be completed by the end of March 2020.
The president signed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act into law in 2017. But he reportedly told Republican senators during a closed-door White House meeting on Tuesday that he is not in favour of implementing the penalties on Turkey.
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