ANKARA, Turkey — President Trump said Tuesday he was lifting sanctions that bar the sale of certain military equipment to Turkey — potentially paving the way for the provision of advanced F-35 fighter jets.
“We don’t want to sanction friends,” Trump told reporters.
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Trump in 2020 imposed sanctions on Turkey under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act as punishment for the Eurasian nation buying S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Russia — formalizing a 2019 decision that removed Turkey from eligibility for F-35s.
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