Erdogan’s US welcome sparks fear Trump will halt Turkey sanctions
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the White House today amid protest from Congress, aides in Congress and experts lose faith that President Donald Trump will impose automatic sanctions on Turkey for taking delivery of a Russian air defense system over four months ago.
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the White House today over howls of protest from Congress, aides and experts are worried that President Donald Trump will opt not to punish the NATO ally for diverging from to American interests to launch an incursion into northern Syria and taking delivery of a Russian air defense system.
A congressional committee aide who spoke with Al-Monitor said Congress increasingly expects that Trump will not levy automatic US sanctions on Turkey designed to punish major buyers of Russian weapons systems; Turkey bought the $2.5 billion S-400 air defense system, despite pushback from the State Department and Defense Department.
