FULL MEETING:Trump & Erdoğan Hold NATO Summit Talks on Ukraine, Iran and F-35 Jets — AC1G

[0:01] First of all, to be together with my dear friends in Ankara is a different strength to us. [1:19] I would like to welcome you to the NATO summit. [1:28] I would like to welcome my valuable friend Mr. President Trump who has participated here today [1:34] with us and added strength to the summit that we are convening for. [1:40] And I would like to express how important this summit is that we are here gathering for. [1:52] Today, the NATO leaders will be working in Ankara today and all leaders will be together with us today. [2:19] The fact that we are convening here today for the NATO Ankara summit and that all the leaders are arriving and how with the presence of President Trump, [2:29] which will be adding might and strength to our summit. [2:33] Kendilerine tekrar hoş geldiniz diyor. [2:37] Once again, I would like to say welcome, Mr. President. [2:40] Well, I want to thank you very much. As everybody knows, it's been very much reported. We are great friends. [2:50] The President has done an incredible job just landing at the airport to see such a beautiful airport [2:56] and to have a building named after me. I was very happy about that. That was very nice. [3:02] The airport is absolutely beautiful. The roads coming in were brand new and beautiful. [3:08] And you've been a great leader and a respected leader all over the world. [3:12] And we really do. We have a we've had right from the beginning good chemistry. [3:17] We've had a very special relationship. Turkey has become under the President a very powerful country militarily. [3:27] People know people don't know how powerful actually. They have a lot of our equipment and they have a lot of great soldiers. [3:36] And they're really somebody to be reckoned with. And the nice part is that because of the relationship that we have, it's all gone very well. [3:48] I just want to say that I have a lot of respect for the President. And I think it's really to the benefit of both countries. [3:58] We're going to be talking today about trade. We're going to be talking about other things having to do with the military. [4:04] Lots of different things. Probably we'll mention Iran, where we have essentially decimated their military. [4:11] They cannot have a nuclear weapon. And we have some very good discussions. But we do a lot of trade with Turkey. [4:19] We make great things and they make great things. And we we've had a very, very set a very big impact on both of our countries. [4:27] So I just want to tell you that it's an honor to be with you. And we're going to have a lot of good meetings. [4:35] A lot of good meetings. We're going to have good dinners, good food. We're going to have a good time. [4:40] But mostly we're going to have a lot of work and we're going to do good things for our countries. [4:44] Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you. [4:48] Thank you very much. [5:19] Well, it's a decision we're going to make. We have a very good relationship. [5:33] I would think that many people, I can tell you, many people, including the people sitting right here, thinks, you know, why wouldn't we do that? [5:41] We have a better relationship with Turkey and Turkey's been in many ways much more loyal than other countries that we think would be loyal. [5:48] So, yeah, it's something certainly we would consider. It's a great plane. It's the best currently the best plane by far. And it's certainly something we will consider. Yeah. Yes. Daniel, please. [6:08] You never know why a relationship is special. Some people you get along with and some people you don't. Sometimes you get along with the toughest people like him and sometimes you don't get along with the weakest, most pathetic people. [6:33] You just don't get along. Maybe you don't respect them. But I, you know, from from the day we met, we got along. We had a pastors. I remember his name was Pastor Brunson and was a very big thing. And it was a very traumatic. [6:53] It was sentenced to a long term prison sentence. And I felt he was innocent. And I called other people called. They got nowhere. I called the president and he released him immediately. [7:05] It was something that the evangelical community will never forget because he was a good man, Pastor Brunson. So, you know, just things like that. We just have always it's always worked out. [7:17] And I think it's been from the very beginning from the first moment. This just I said it before. It's a it's a it's a chemistry that works between us. There were those that I don't have a good chemistry with. I will tell you that. [7:29] And we worked that out to say our further troop drawdowns in Europe, likely. And are you satisfied with the progress that NATO allies? Well, we're going to see. I was very disappointed with NATO. [7:49] And frankly, if it weren't held in Turkey, where my friend happens to be a very strong leader, a very strong person, it's possible that I wouldn't have attended. [8:03] I felt I had to attend because of the fact that, you know, I know he's gone all out. It was a big thing to have NATO come to Turkey or anyplace else. It's a big thing. [8:12] But we weren't treated well because we did something in Iran. We don't need anybody's help. I didn't even want their help. [8:21] But before I asked, they said they wouldn't be there. And we've invested trillions of dollars in NATO. Why? To protect European countries and others, Canada, etc. [8:35] But to protect people, countries from generally speaking, it used to be the Soviet Union. Now it's Russia. And I say that's fine. But you would think that they'd be very willing to do something to help us. [8:52] And they really weren't. In the case of the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister, I guess he's no longer there. Maybe because of this. It was a very unpopular thing he did. He said, no, we'll help after the war is over. [9:06] He said, I don't need that kind of help. We didn't need any help at all. And in a way I was testing people. I was testing to see whether or not they'd be there. [9:13] Because I've long said that we helped them, but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us. And Italy turned us down. [9:19] And Germany turned us down. And France turned us down. And it's okay. But, you know, why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars? [9:30] And they're not there for us. We've always been there for them. [9:47] We've been there for the percumeded. [9:49] The state of Iran's country have been there for us. [9:50] We have been a big deal with it. [9:51] But it will continue. [9:53] We've been there for the end of the war. [9:54] What will be the future of Iran and the U.S.? [10:01] This is the same way we have to make Iran-America relationship with Iran and the U.S. [10:15] Onun gayreti içerisindeyiz elimizden geleni yapmak suretiyle dünya barışına bir adım [10:25] atalım diye gerek şahsım gerek arkadaşlarım hep birlikte çalışıyoruz çalışacağız. [10:36] Thank you very much. [11:00] Özellikle Gazze konusunda tabii değerli dostumla bunları da konuşarak özellikle bu bölgedeki barışı sağlama için bu liderler zirvesini çok çok önemsiyoruz. [11:20] Ve bu liderler zirvesinden aynı şekilde bir kararın çıkmasını da hayra yorumluyoruz ve bunun olabileceğine de ben ihtimal veriyorum. [11:35] Türkiye'nin geliştiği bir dönemi gözlemliyoruz. [11:40] 2025 yılında geçen yıl Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ne yaptığınız ziyarette önemli ticari anlaşmalar da imzalandı. [11:48] Suriye konusunda Türkiye'nin önemli bir aktör olduğunu söylemişti Sayın ABD Başkanı. [11:54] Şimdi yeni dönemde gelmeden önce de Sayın Trump bir sürprizle geliyorum ifadesini kullandı. [12:00] F-35'i Kaan Savaş uçaklarının motorlarını konuştuk acaba gündeme gelebilir mi şeklinde. [12:06] Siz bu sürprizin ne olduğunu düşünüyorsunuz? [12:09] Türkiye bugünkü görüşmelerden sonra istediğini alabilecektim. Teşekkür ederim. [12:15] Tabii F-35 konusu biliyorsunuz bizim için yeni bir konu değil. [12:19] Ve bunu bizler Amerika ile daha önce de görüştük ve biz 5 uçağı da sözünü aldık ve Sayın Trump'ın bu konuda bize ayrıca sözü var. [12:42] Ve şimdi de bu liderler zirvesinde yapacağımız görüşmelerde F-35 ile ilgili kendilerinden bu daha önce aldığımız sözün ben geleceğe yönelik olumlu şekilde test ettiğimizi biliyorum. [13:05] Ve bu konuda da Sayın Trump her zaman sözünün arkasındadır. [13:12] Burada yine inşallah F-35 konusunda bu liderler zirvesinden hayırlı bir karar çıkacağına inanıyorum. [13:22] What does that mean? [13:37] Is that not part of the deal? [13:38] Third party? What is the third? With respect to what? [13:42] There's our concerns about the Russian missile defense systems. [13:45] Do you have those concerns about this system? [13:46] I have no concerns at all about anything. [13:49] I mean he's a leader of a country that he's made a much better country, much more powerful country. [13:56] You see it. I mean it's beautiful. You get off. The roads are beautiful. It's an amazing thing. [14:02] Now I have no concerns about anything having to do with Turkey. [14:05] The relationship, I would say the relationship with Turkey right now is better probably than it's ever been. [14:11] It was good in my first four years, but I think now it's probably even better than that if that's possible. [14:16] Turkish military and Turkish military constitute a really strong and large military base for NATO. [14:27] Are we expecting further defense cooperation out of this bilateral meeting, out of this NATO summit here in Ankara? [14:34] Well, we're going to find out when I go there. We're going to find out. [14:36] We're going to be having meetings. I'm very friendly with many of the leaders. [14:41] Some of them are new. We don't know them. [14:42] But, you know, I've been doing this for now sort of a long time. [14:46] If you count the four years where we had a rigged election, you know, it was very much into politics then, too. [14:54] But I spent the first four years. I spent four years in a little different state. [14:59] And then we had, we've had an amazing, probably the best year maybe ever had by an American president. [15:08] When you look at the economy, we have the greatest economy we've ever had. [15:12] We have $19 trillion, $19.2 trillion to be exact, being invested in the United States. [15:19] That's seven or eight times more than it's ever had. [15:22] It's a world record, not just a U.S. record. [15:26] And I just read where, in fact, coming over, I was just given, I was in the car with those beautiful horses, those great riders, those great soldiers. [15:35] And it came over the wires that Toyota is moving out of Mexico into the United States and building one of the biggest truck and car plants ever built. [15:47] It's amazing. That's what tariffs do, properly used. [15:51] And so we've never had a more exceptional economy or potential economy. [15:58] There's never been anything like it. Under the last administration, they did much less than a trillion dollars of investment coming in. [16:06] And we're at $19.2 trillion in actually the first 12 months because that's where it's, you know, really. [16:13] So there are a year and a half, so that number is now substantially higher. [16:17] But $19.2 trillion, Scott, for a period of 12 months, nobody's ever seen anything like that. [16:24] So we have by far the greatest economy. [16:26] We have more jobs right now in the United States than ever before. [16:31] And we have a great relationship with some countries on trade. [16:34] And Turkey happens to be one of them. [16:36] Dünya 5'ten büyük, daha ayrı dünya mülkün. [16:46] Konumuz Sayın Trump, Amerika Başkanı. [16:50] Onun da zaman zaman küresel sistemin mevcut durumuna ilişkin eleştirilini biliyoruz. [16:55] NATO'nun iki en büyük askeri gücü olarak bu noktada bu eleştiriler doğrultusunda ortak bir adım, ortak bir eleştiriline bulunması ve... [17:04] ...dil prise bir süreçte söz konusu olabilir. [17:06] NATO is a very important country, America, and Turkey. [17:17] We will have a strong movement in this leadership field in the alliance of the leaders. [17:28] And we will believe that we will succeed. [17:31] We have a big deal of war. [17:43] You have a big deal of war. [17:46] You have a big deal of war. [17:48] You have a big deal of war. [17:52] What is the end of the war? [17:54] Is that for me? [17:55] Are you asking me or are you asking the President? [18:13] The President? [18:14] We will have a big deal of war. [18:18] We will have a big deal of war. [18:20] You have a big deal of war. [18:25] And we will be able to move our steps. [18:28] TV channel from Hatice Kübrabal, [18:31] my question is that you mentioned earlier, [18:34] but you have a 5. nesil aircraft, [18:37] Kaan's engine engine for F-110 engines, [18:41] and we will be able to talk about it, [18:43] and we will be able to talk about F-35. [18:45] We will be able to talk about it, [18:48] and we will be able to talk about it. [18:51] I have to talk about this earlier, [18:55] baby's team project, [18:58] and I have to talk about it and see because [19:03] this crosses the zip line! [19:06] We will be able to talk about this nuisance. [19:09] I have to talk about it the biggest thing [19:11] to do with the comm repeated in Moving on. [19:16] And I am capable of its service plain, [19:20] and I believe it will be good to talk about it. [19:23] We will be able to talk about it [19:26] for a while variations [19:27] I think we will thank our leaders in the area. [20:03] engines when you buy a plane from us what are we going to say you're buying a plane if if the [20:08] engine needs work or if the engine has to be rehabilitated or even upgraded somewhat but [20:15] I think we have an obligation to do that what are you going to do say I'm not going to do that [20:20] look Turkey's been I know you know a lot of people don't agree although I think with time [20:26] they're starting to Turkey has been a great ally for us Turkey's been Turkey could have gone on [20:32] the side they know Iran very well and they know the problems with Iran but they've been very [20:38] instrumental along with a couple of other countries of helping they could have gotten into the fight [20:44] you know I hear some people saying about their relationship with Israel they could have gotten [20:50] into the fight they're a very powerful military nation they didn't do that maybe they didn't do [20:56] that because of me but they could have gotten into this into the fight on the other side they are a [21:03] nation that's been very very good and I can only I can speak for myself as president they've been [21:11] extraordinary in many ways with respect to our relationship including trying to end the war with [21:17] Iran or whatever you call it's not even a war it's a military operation it's a denuclearization that's [21:25] really what it is of Iran because I don't think he wants to see them have a nuclear weapon either I'm [21:30] pretty sure of that in fact I'm totally sure of that so but when they buy a product from us whether [21:37] it's a plane or anything else when it's time for maintenance I think we have don't we have an [21:42] obligation to help them what are we gonna do say we're not gonna we're not gonna let you use the [21:47] product that you spent a lot of money in buying and especially when it's been somebody that frankly [21:53] has been more helpful to the United States than many other more traditional countries I do I do I [22:10] had a very good talk with president Putin who by the way is a lot of respect for president Erdogan a lot [22:18] of respect for him we had a long talk yesterday less in a long time and I also spoke with president [22:25] Zelensky right after that I think they both want to make a deal it's too bad it took so long but I think [22:33] there's gonna be something's gonna come out and the president's also helping us with that but I [22:38] think there's something you know I settled eight wars and I think we're gonna be settling and I it [22:44] doesn't seem likely now but sometimes when with war I see when it's least likely that's when it happens I [22:50] had a very good talk with president Putin I had a very good talk with I would say as a combination a [22:56] lot of times I'd do well with Putin and Zelensky would be a problem or vice versa Zelensky would be [23:02] great and Putin would be they both want to get it settled now more than that's all I do in my life [23:09] is deals I know deals and I think they are going to I think we're gonna get it settled hopefully soon [23:17] last month 35,000 mostly soldiers died the month before that it was 24,000 the month before that it was [23:27] 27,000 and the month before that it was 29,000 but last month it was 35,000 young soldiers mostly soldiers died [23:37] and that's crazy [23:59] I can tell you, we're going to be taking the sanctions off. [24:34] Okay? [24:36] I don't want him to waste his time answering that question, because we're working very closely [24:42] with Marco Rubio, a very famous man, great Secretary of State, and with Scott Bassett, [24:49] and with Pete and everybody else, we're going to be taking the sanctions off. [24:53] It's time to do that. [24:56] Okay? [24:59] We don't want to sanction friends. [25:00] It's very simple. [25:01] There's plenty of people we can sanction, and we are sanctioned. [25:04] We don't want to sanction friends. [25:06] And because of the President, you know, we have a very good relationship with the new [25:12] leader of Syria. [25:14] And he's done an amazing job. [25:15] In a year and a half, he's pulled the whole country together. [25:18] And I have a very great relationship with him. [25:20] And somebody said, well, he's pretty rough to put him there. [25:23] I approved him along with the President. [25:26] We were the two that really wanted him. [25:28] And he's done a great job. [25:30] He's done a great job. [25:31] He's pulled it together. [25:32] Not an easy job. [25:33] Okay. [25:39] With respect to Prime Minister Malone. [25:40] Oh, I don't know. [25:43] I think she's a nice person, actually. [25:45] We've had a good — we had a bad relationship. [25:49] It became a little bad because she refused to help us. [25:52] Again, I didn't put a heavy press on her. [25:55] But she refused to get involved with the Hormone Strait. [26:00] Or you could also say just Iran. [26:02] She refused to get involved. [26:04] So it soured my relationship with her a little bit. [26:07] But I like her. [26:08] She's a nice person, actually, but I think she made a mistake. [26:12] You know, they get a lot of their oil from — we don't get any of our — we have a lot [26:15] of oil. [26:16] The United States has more oil than anybody. [26:18] And when you add Venezuela to it, it's like we have far more oil than anybody. [26:23] We don't need the Straits. [26:24] We do this because we think it's an important thing to do. [26:27] But she just wasn't there for us. [26:32] And I wasn't happy about that. [26:33] You could imagine. [26:34] I wasn't happy about that. [26:35] Why do you think that conditions have changed? [26:43] With what? [26:47] Never changed. [26:48] I just don't want them killing people. [26:51] You know, it doesn't affect the United States. [26:54] When Biden was here, he gave them hundreds of billions of dollars worth of equipment. [26:59] Now I sell the equipment for, you know, a fair price, a full price. [27:04] And I sell it not to Ukraine. [27:05] I sell it to the European Union. [27:06] They pay us. [27:08] But with me, it's not anything to do other than I'd like to save lives. [27:12] You have 25, 35, 30 — one time it hit 41,000 a month — souls. [27:22] They're dead. [27:24] They leave their mother in Ukraine. [27:26] They leave their mother and father in Russia, Ukraine. [27:29] They wave goodbye. [27:31] And a week later, they're dead. [27:34] It's crazy. [27:35] And I would like to see — it doesn't affect us. [27:37] It's really — you know, it's far away. [27:40] It affects Europe much more. [27:42] We're there to help Europe. [27:44] But it doesn't affect the United States. [27:46] We have an ocean in between. [27:48] But you know, it's just — I can't stand watching what's happening. [27:53] I've seen the pictures of those battlefields. [27:57] And it's a drone war. [27:58] It's a war of drones. [28:00] It's a whole new technology. [28:02] And we're actually the leader in drones now. [28:04] We have the most sophisticated drones. [28:05] But people wouldn't believe how violent it is. [28:09] And I've seen the battlefields. [28:10] They send me pictures. [28:11] I actually want to say, don't send them to me. [28:14] Pete — this man right here sends me pictures — Pete Hegseth. [28:19] And I said, Pete, you know what? [28:20] It doesn't help to look. [28:22] I've never seen anything like it. [28:24] It's carnage. [28:26] And it should stop. [28:27] I get along very well with both. [28:41] And we're going to get it settled. [28:43] And President Erdogan's helping us get it settled. [28:46] As he's helping with Iran. [28:55] With respect to what? [28:56] Well, that's what hurt my relationship with NATO. [29:02] Because Greenland doesn't help Denmark. [29:05] Denmark doesn't spend money to really help Greenland. [29:09] But it's an important part for the United States. [29:12] And it's surrounded by China ships and Russian ships. [29:16] And that's not going to happen. [29:17] The ships is — it's not going to happen. [29:20] It was Greenland that — and it continues to be — that should be controlled by the United [29:26] States, not by Denmark. [29:28] And when they wouldn't go along with it, and with all the money we spend to help them with [29:32] Russia — and we don't have to spend any money. [29:35] We could remove all of our soldiers out of Europe. [29:39] Because as you probably noticed, Europe's a very different place than it was 20 years [29:43] ago. [29:44] A lot different. [29:45] Much different. [29:46] It's a much different — and they better be careful with immigration and energy. [29:50] If they're not careful with those two things, you're not going to have a Europe anymore. [29:56] Okay, thank you very much, everybody. [30:00] It's amazing.