Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed confidence that Turkey will obtain F-35 fighter jets following discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to unverified reports from Open Source Intel, a social media aggregator.
The claim comes days after Erdogan used his UN General Assembly speech to attack Israel, prompting Defense Minister Israel Katz to call him a "paper sultan" in a post on X. Israel has lobbied Washington for years to block Turkey's access to the advanced stealth fighters. According to Turkish media reports cited by JFeed, Jerusalem recently intervened to prevent Ankara from offloading Russian S-400 air-defense systems to the UAE in exchange for American jets.
