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From al-Jazeera
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it would be "robbery" for the United States to deny Turkey the F-35 fighter jets it has bought, according to remarks published in Turkish media.
"If you have a customer and that customer is making payments like clockwork, how can you not give that customer their goods? The name of that would be robbery," the national Hurriyet newspaper quoted Erdogan as saying on Thursday, as Turkey faces potential US sanctions over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system.
He said that Turkey had so far paid $1.4bn for the F-35s and that four jets had been handed over, with Turkish pilots going to the US for training.
"We have made an agreement to buy 116 F-35s. We are not just a market, we are also joint producers. We produce some of the parts in Turkey," he added.
COMMENT:-
It most certainly would be "theft" if the US government kept the Turkish government's money and didn't deliver the aircraft that had been contracted for - wouldn't it?
This, of course, would be totally different than the US government keeping the Iranian government's money and not delivering the weapons that had been contracted for - right?
Of course, Mr. Trump could simply tell the Secretary of the Treasury to cut Turkey a check for the full amount due and then hand it over to the Turkish ambassador. Mind you, if that option isn't available, Mr. Trump could cut a personal check and then submit it for reimbursement along with his next expense account statement - well, he COULD.
PS - It appears that the US government doesn't have a whole lot of time to make up its mind because it seems that "Turkey's S-400s to be loaded on planes Sunday in Russia: Haberturk".
Erdogan: US scrapping F-35 jet deal with Turkey would be robbery
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it would be "robbery" for the United States to deny Turkey the F-35 fighter jets it has bought, according to remarks published in Turkish media.
"If you have a customer and that customer is making payments like clockwork, how can you not give that customer their goods? The name of that would be robbery," the national Hurriyet newspaper quoted Erdogan as saying on Thursday, as Turkey faces potential US sanctions over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system.
He said that Turkey had so far paid $1.4bn for the F-35s and that four jets had been handed over, with Turkish pilots going to the US for training.
"We have made an agreement to buy 116 F-35s. We are not just a market, we are also joint producers. We produce some of the parts in Turkey," he added.
COMMENT:-
It most certainly would be "theft" if the US government kept the Turkish government's money and didn't deliver the aircraft that had been contracted for - wouldn't it?
This, of course, would be totally different than the US government keeping the Iranian government's money and not delivering the weapons that had been contracted for - right?
Of course, Mr. Trump could simply tell the Secretary of the Treasury to cut Turkey a check for the full amount due and then hand it over to the Turkish ambassador. Mind you, if that option isn't available, Mr. Trump could cut a personal check and then submit it for reimbursement along with his next expense account statement - well, he COULD.
PS - It appears that the US government doesn't have a whole lot of time to make up its mind because it seems that "Turkey's S-400s to be loaded on planes Sunday in Russia: Haberturk".