Trump meets with Turkey_s Erdogan, calls on Putin to _stop_ the war with Ukraine

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President Donald Trump hosted Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office Thursday, touting their friendship even in "exile," and calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop" the war in Ukraine. The visit is Erdogan's first trip to the White House since 2019. The two leaders forged what Trump has described as a “very good relationship” during his first White House go-around despite the U.S.-Turkey relationship often being complicated. “We are working on many Trade and Military Deals with the President, including the large scale purchase of Boeing aircraft, a major F-16 Deal, and a continuation of the F-35 talks, which we expect to conclude positively,” Trump said in a social media post.
Trump started his Oval Office meeting with Erdogan by offering hope that a resolution to Turkey’s removal from flagship F-35 fighter jet program could be hatched during the day’s talks. “He needs certain things, and we need certain things, and we’re going to come to a conclusion,” Trump said. “You’ll know by the end of the day.” U.S. officials worried that Turkey's use of Russia's S-400 surface-to-air missile system could be used to gather data on the capabilities of the F-35 and that the information could end up in Russian hands.