{"id":2627444,"date":"2026-07-09T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-resists-trumps-desire-to-sell-f-35-jets-to-turkey\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:33:31","slug":"congress-resists-trumps-desire-to-sell-f-35-jets-to-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-resists-trumps-desire-to-sell-f-35-jets-to-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress resists Trump&#8217;s desire to sell F-35 jets to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fcongress-resists-trumps-desire-to-sell-f-35-jets-to-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=2627444&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>Congressional lawmakers expressed mixed views regarding President donald Trump&#8217;s consideration of selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey amid the NATO summit in Ankara. While Trump indicated that a decision would be made soon, many U.S.politicians, including Republicans, opposed the sale due to Turkey\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-allies-scramble-to-address-continued-military-campaign\/\" title=\"Israel&#039;s allies scramble to address continued military campaign\">continued military actions<\/a> and its purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems, wich violates existing U.S. laws. Key legislators pointed out concerns about compromising critical technology and signaling the wrong message to allies. Some lawmakers, like Rep. Darrell Issa,supported the sale under certain conditions,citing turkey&#8217;s role as a NATO ally and arguing that withholding the jets could weaken NATO. Opposition was also rooted in Turkey\u2019s activities, such as its occupation of northern Cyprus and tensions with Israel. Despite resistance, the possibility of the sale remains, with some advocating continued negotiations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abort-republicans-dem-city-council-members-coffee-shop-sells-disturbing-stickers\/\" title=\"\u2018Abort Republicans\u2019: Dem City Council Member\u2019s Coffee Shop ...s Disturbing Stickers\">address underlying issues<\/a> before any transfer occurs.  <\/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\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Congressional<\/a> lawmakers were hesitant to agree with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s assessment that the United States could sell F-35 fighter jets to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a> while he attended the annual <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\">NATO<\/a> summit in Ankara this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a decision we are going to make,\u201d\u00a0Trump said during a press conference with Turkish President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/recep-tayyip-erdogan\/\">Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a>.<\/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\/4642742\/democratic-base-anti-zionist-mood-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Core Democratic base is in a \u2018fanatically anti-Zionist mood\u2019: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4642416\/hunter-biden-substack-laptop-drug-addiction\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hunter Biden launches Substack to share stories from the past seven years of his life<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4641635\/bus-crashes-into-building-maryland\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Dozens injured after bus crashes into building in Maryland<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But stateside, lawmakers, including some Republicans, were not in agreement with selling the fighter jets to Turkey.<\/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\">\u201cSelling one of America\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-holds-military-drills-near-taiwan-as-biden-struggles-with-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"China Holds Military Drills Near Taiwan as Biden Struggles With Afghanistan Withdrawal\">advanced fighter jets<\/a> to Turkey is not in the best interest of the United States,\u201d Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) texted the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> \u201cIt <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >risks compromising critical technology<\/a> and sends the wrong message to our allies in Europe and the Middle East. Restrictions on the sale of F-35s to Turkey should absolutely remain in place while Erdogan continues to operate Russian S-400s, in accordance with existing U.S. law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even before the NATO summit, Lawler led a bipartisan group of House members in writing to Trump not to sell the jets to Turkey, citing Erdogan\u2019s \u201ccontinued aggression toward our greatest partners along with his troubling defense partnerships with our adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress banned Turkey from purchasing the jets during Trump\u2019s first term due to Ankara\u2019s acceptance of the Russian S-400 air and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">missile defense system<\/a>. Trump could face resistance from his own party members if he does push for Congress to overturn the ban.<\/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\">Anthony Raisley, a spokesman for Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), who signed Lawler\u2019s bipartisan letter, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, that \u201cthe Congresswoman would not support a reversal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/anca.org\/assets\/pdf\/070626_TItusLetter_F35s.pdf\">led a group of 18 Democrats<\/a> in total to write a letter to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries this week, imploring the two leaders to prevent the administration from moving forward through a Joint Resolution of Disapproval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawmakers cited the State Department\u2019s sanctioning of Turkey\u2019s Presidency of Defense Industries under Section 231 of the Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act during Trump\u2019s first term as part of their argument.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing in the public record suggests Turkey has disposed of the S-400 system, removed it from operational service, or otherwise remediated the underlying concern that triggered sanctions in the first place,\u201d the letter also states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a Foreign Relations Committee member, also signaled his opposition to a deal with Turkey, posting \u201cI hope this is wrong\u201d on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Texas senator also highlighted that existing federal law blocks the sale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grok: The primary U.S. law restricting F-35 transfers to countries operating the Russian S-400 system (most notably Turkey) is Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92).113<br \/>Key Provisions of Section 1245 (FY2020 NDAA)\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2VCWfQBqo\">https:\/\/t.co\/k2VCWfQBqo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/2074485151711555703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the opposition to the deal is related to Turkey\u2019s military occupation of the northern third of Cyprus and Israel\u2019s concern that Turkey is harboring Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe threatens to destroy my country, the one and only Jewish state,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israeli<\/a> Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said about Erdogan this week. Netanyahu also claimed that Erdogan \u201csays that we have no place among the nations, and you know what that means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) claimed in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=05ApZ9FQv6M\">recent interview<\/a>: \u201cTurkey has been very open about their hostilities towards Israel, and I think that that\u2019s why that should be put on pause.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But some Republicans are willing to give Trump some leeway on selling the jets to Turkey. In an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner,<\/em> Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said he supports the sale of F-35 jets to Turkey under certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4638417\/trump-f35-jets-turkey-nato-summit\/\">TRUMP SAYS HE IS CONSIDERING SELLING F-35 JETS TO TURKEY DURING NATO SUMMIT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t been able to get Turkey to deal with some real problems of the past,\u201d said Issa, pointing to its occupation of Cyprus. Turkey \u201cclearly is using NATO-pledged assets in Cyprus in violation of those rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The California congressman warned that not supplying Turkey could allow it to rely on nations more hostile to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTurkey is a critical NATO ally, and if we don\u2019t supply them the assets, and they use non-NATO assets, it works to the detriment of the strength of NATO,\u201d Issa said. \u201cSo I know why the president did it. I\u2019m completely supportive of it. I would just hope that negotiations are underway\u2026 to accomplish the two before the transfer is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers oppose F-35 sale to Turkey at NATO summit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2627445,"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\/AP26188450906914.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4402,82492,82494,7623,82493],"class_list":["post-2627444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-congress","tag-f-35-jets","tag-military-sales","tag-turkey","tag-u-s-defense"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26188450906914.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627444","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627448,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627444\/revisions\/2627448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}