WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, as well as the American-made Patriot missile defense system, during their private meeting Thursday at the White House.

Erdogan has long sought F-35s, and as Breitbart News’s John Hayward noted , Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 missile defense system is the central reason it does not possess any F-35s, as the fighter jet is one of the top potential targets for the Russian-developed missiles.

During the Obama administration, Erdogan sought to purchase Patriot missiles, but a deal never materialized due to worries within the Obama White House about providing the technology to Turkey. This led Turkey to purchase the S-400, which was first delivered in July 2019. In response

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