Netanyahu to Lobby Trump Against F-35 Sales to Turkey

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on July 6 that he will pressure the Trump administration to block F-35 deliveries to Turkey, arguing the aircraft would erode Israel's air superiority. The lobbying precedes Trump's scheduled NATO summit in Ankara later in the week, giving Netanyahu public leverage ahead of any bilateral talks. Turkey was expelled from the F-35 program in 2019 over Russian air-defense purchases.