Trump Says Erdogan Was Close to Joining Iran in the War, but Stayed Out
President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been a “leading candidate” to join Iran in the war because, in Trump’s words, he is “not a big fan of Israel.” Trump said he had promised that as long as he is president there would be no conflict between Israel and Turkey.
According to Trump, he asked Erdogan to stay out of the fighting, and “he stayed out of it.” The article says it is not clear what Trump based his remarks on.
During the war, Iran fired several missiles toward Turkey.
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