{"id":87484,"date":"2026-07-08T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/trump-trolls-netanyahu-as-he-makes-staggering-offer-to-islamic-despot\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:16:00","slug":"trump-trolls-netanyahu-as-he-makes-staggering-offer-to-islamic-despot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/trump-trolls-netanyahu-as-he-makes-staggering-offer-to-islamic-despot\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump trolls Netanyahu as he makes staggering offer to Islamic despot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class><strong><a class rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.co.uk\/join\/dc-insider-sign-up?utm_source=dailymail.co.uk&#038;utm_medium=organic_editorial&#038;utm_campaign=conversion_newsletter&#038;utm_term=dcinsider_bullets&#038;utm_budgetpot=organic\">Sign up HERE for DC Insider <\/a>&#8211; your free guide to what&#8217;s rocking Washington<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>See more Daily Mail on Google &#8211; <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dailymail.com\">save us as a Preferred Source<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-962\/jon-michael-raasch.html\">JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=JMRaasch&#038;tw_p=followbutton\"><span><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span> <span>Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-08T09:40:32+0100\"> 04:40 EDT, 8 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span> <span>Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-07-08T10:16:50+0100\"> 05:16 EDT, 8 July 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f266d740-7aa3-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">Donald Trump<\/a> is considering selling US-made F-35 fighter jets to Turkey despite the loud objections fromPrime Minister <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/benjamin-netanyahu\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f25d1340-7aa3-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, who warns that it would &#8216;destroy&#8217; regional peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well, as I said, it would destroy the power balance in the Middle East because Turkey, I think, has aggressive aspirations,&#8217; Netanyahu said of Turkey potentially obtaining the planes on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I mean, they openly say that they want to restore the Ottoman Empire,&#8217; he continued, noting how <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/israel-hamas-conflict\/index.html\" id=\"mol-70beac60-7aa6-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">Israel<\/a>, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/syria\/index.html\" id=\"mol-70bd25c0-7aa6-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">Syria<\/a>, Jordan and more were once under the yoke of the empire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So this is not a force for peace and stability, and if you give this kind of radical regime &#8230; that power, you&#8217;re going to see aggression in its wake,&#8217; Bibi told <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/cnn\/index.html\" id=\"mol-70bc3b60-7aa6-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been in Turkey for a <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/nato\/index.html\" id=\"mol-70bbc630-7aa6-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">NATO<\/a> summit this week where partner nations from around the globe are meeting to discuss the security alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/recep-tayyip-erdogan\/index.html\" id=\"mol-70b73250-7aa6-11f1-8a50-9391fea9004e\">Erdogan<\/a> reportedly wants Trump to approve US military sales to Turkey, specifically US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets, one of the crown jewels of the US Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>The US President has not decided on how to proceed with the sale of jets, in part, due to a 2018 law that was passed barring Turkey from owning Russian air defense systems and the powerful American-made jet.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers were concerned that Russia&#8217;s S-400 air defense system could track, detect and collect intel on the F-35&#8217;s stealth capabilities.Officials were worried that if Turkey had both systems, it would pose a major risk to the plane&#8217;s technological edge.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went on various cable news outlets like Fox and CNN this week to warn that the sale of US-made F-35 jets to Turkey could &#8216;destroy&#8217; regional peace in the Middle East<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump has been considering the sale of the bespoke fighter jets to Turkey&#8217;s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The F-35 jets are considered some of the best military tech in the world. They have been used throughout the US-Iran war and feature considerable stealth capabilities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still, Trump says he&#8217;s considering the sale despite Bibi&#8217;s objection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well, it&#8217;s a decision we&#8217;re going to make,&#8217; Trump told reporters on Tuesday when asked about the F-35 deal. &#8216;We have a very good relationship.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would think that many people, I can tell you many people, including the people sitting right here, think, &#8216;why wouldn&#8217;t we do that?&#8221; the President added as he was sitting directly next to Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued: &#8216;We have a better relationship with Turkey, and Turkey has been in many ways much more loyal than other countries that we think would be loyal. So, yeah, something certainly we would consider.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu seemingly has been on a US media blitz to convince the President not to push forward with the deal.<\/p>\n<p>On CNN, he said Ankara is &#8216;a regime thats infected with the Muslim Brotherhood, which hates the United States.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli PM also warned how Erdogan has threatened &#8216;to destroy my country, the one and only Jewish state.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking Monday on the morning show &#8216;Fox &#038; Friends,&#8217; the PM<\/span><span>urged the US not to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, claiming that Erdogan &#8216;calls openly for the annihilation of Israel.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                                                  <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                                                                                                                         <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up HERE for DC Insider &#8211; your free guide to what&#8217;s rocking Washington See more Daily Mail on Google &#8211; save us as a Preferred Source By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 04:40 EDT, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 05:16 EDT, 8 July 2026 Donald Trump is considering selling US-made F-35 fighter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}