{"id":2625998,"date":"2026-07-07T11:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-dropping-us-sanctions-on-turkey\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:13:09","slug":"trump-says-hes-dropping-us-sanctions-on-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-dropping-us-sanctions-on-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019s dropping US sanctions on Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-hes-dropping-us-sanctions-on-turkey%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2625998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald trump stated that he is working with his Cabinet to lift sanctions previously imposed on Turkey due to its purchase of Russian air defense systems. he discussed this with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara ahead of the NATO summit, praising their alliance despite concerns over Erdogan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women...s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights record<\/a>. Trump claimed to have no worries about the U.S.-Turkey relationship and mentioned plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-blasts-outrageous-biden-admin-offer-to-roll-back-iran-sanctions\/\" title=\"GOP Blasts \u2018Outrageous... Biden Admin Offer to Roll Back Iran ...\">remove sanctions<\/a>, emphasizing that the U.S.prefers not to sanction friends. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >expressed positive sentiments<\/a> about Turkey&#8217;s efforts to end conflicts in the Middle East and implied ongoing cooperation with Congress regarding sanctions and other issues. Trump further suggested the possibility of selling F-35 jets to Turkey during the NATO summit. His comments were also available in a full video provided below.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> told reporters that he\u2019s working with his Cabinet to drop sanctions on Turkey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-lifts-sanctions-on-iranian-missile-producers-as-iran-nears-having-enough-nuclear-fuel-for-bomb-report\/\" title=\"Biden Lifts ... On Iranian Missile Producers As Iran Nears Having Enough Nuclear Fuel For Bomb: Report\">originally imposed<\/a> over the country\u2019s purchase of Russian air defense systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump met with Turkish President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/recep-tayyip-erdogan\/\">Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> in Ankara on Tuesday morning ahead of the NATO summit, where he heaped praise on his close ally. Despite Erdogan\u2019s controversial record on human rights, Trump claimed to have \u201cno concerns about anything having to do with\u201d the U.S.-Turkey relationship.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4638548\/trump-dropping-sanctions-turkey\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he\u2019s dropping US sanctions on Turkey<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4638417\/trump-f35-jets-turkey-nato-summit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he is considering selling F-35 jets to Turkey during NATO summit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4637734\/vance-economic-vision-collides-one-of-washington-powerful-free-market-groups\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance\u2019s economic vision collides with one of Washington\u2019s most powerful free-market groups<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump interjected into a question a Turkish reporter posed to Erdogan about existing U.S. sanctions, telling the room that \u201cwe\u2019re going to be taking the sanctions off.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want him to waste his time answering that question because we\u2019re working very closely with Marco Rubio, very famous man, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anticipation-builds-in-senate-for-trumps-vp-pick-as-buzz-builds-around-senators-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"\u200b\u200bAnticipation builds in Senate for ......s VP pick as buzz builds around senators - Washington Examiner\">great secretary<\/a> of state, and with [Treasury Secretary] Scott Besent, and with [War Secretary] Pete [Hegseth], and everybody else. We\u2019re going to be taking the sanctions off. It\u2019s time to do that,\u201d Trump stated. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to sanction friends. It\u2019s very simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are a nation that\u2019s been very, very good \u2014 and I can only speak for myself as president \u2014 they\u2019ve been extraordinary in many ways, with respect to our relationship, including trying to end the war with Iran, or whatever you call it,\u201d he added in response to a separate question. \u201cI don\u2019t think he wants to see them have a nuclear weapon either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4637287\/trump-says-working-with-congress-on-trump-accounts-for-adults-privatize-social-security\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS HE\u2019S WORKING WITH CONGRESS ON A TRUMP ACCOUNTS FOR \u2018GROWN-UPS\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2I2NSFzqFCk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump plans to lift Turkey sanctions before NATO summit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2625999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26188457104345.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82329,32402,3634,7623,36614],"class_list":["post-2625998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomatic-news","tag-international-relations","tag-trump","tag-turkey","tag-us-sanctions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26188457104345.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626002,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625998\/revisions\/2626002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}