President Donald Trump is rolling out the red carpet for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday — a victory for the autocrat, who spent years unsuccessfully begging for an audience with then-President Joe Biden.

Erdogan is finally getting his moment, but make no mistake: He isn’t coming to Washington for polite handshakes and photo-ops.

He’s coming with a shopping list — and topping it is America’s crown jewel fighter jet , the F-35.

But US law bans him from getting it. And Trump must slam the door shut.

Back in 2019, Turkey spat in Trump’s face when it bought Russia’s S-400 air and missile defense system.

The Kremlin designed those missiles to track and shoot down the very F-35s Erdogan now wants .

Washington warned him, Congress begged him, NATO a

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