The American president received the Turkish leader in the White House. Among the various dossiers faced, those of Ukraine, Gaza and Syria are stuck.
It was a delicate bilateral one held in the White House between Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dossiers that currently affect the United States and Türkiye are numerous. And if some convergence is recorded on some, the situation is more thorny on others. Trump has opened to the possibility that Washington revokes penalties in Ankara on the F-35 “Almost immediately”. He also underlined the role of the Turkish president in having helped to break down the Bashar al Assad regime in Syria. «I think President Erdogan is the only responsible for Syria, of the success of the struggle to free Syria from his former leader. And I think this man is responsible. There is no responsibility. But in reality it is a great result, “said the tenant of the White House. On the other hand, we remember that the current Syrian leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is historically backed by the forces of Ankara. Not only that. Trump also wished “excellent commercial agreements” between the United States and Türkiye. «We do many business with Turkey. They build excellent products, “he specified.
More distance was recorded on the Russian dossier instead. The American president explicitly asked Erdogan to cease the purchase of oil from Moscow. «I wish it would stop buying oil from Russia while Russia continues its fury against Ukraine, and they are fighting. They have already lost millions of lives, and for what, do you know, for what? It’s shameful, “said Trump. Another point of friction between Washington and Ankara is then represented by the Gaza crisis: it is in fact not a mystery that Erdogan is a bitter critic of Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu. «We had a fantastic meeting the other day at the United Nations General Assembly, as you know, and I think we are, I think we are close to reaching a sort of agreement. Yes, we want, we want to get the hostages back. I have to get the hostages back, “Trump said in this regard. «I met Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. We met Jordan. We had a truly fantastic meeting. I believe that many points have settled in that meeting, “he continued, and then added:” I think we will do it “.
In short, The relationship between Washington and Ankara is complex. In the face of some convergences, the differences are not lacking. However, it is interesting to note how Trump is trying to leverage relations with Turkey to put Russia under pressure on the Ukrainian question. Beyond the theme of the gas, Trump began to back the sultan in Syria, being well aware of the fact that the rise of Al-Sharaa damaged Moscow’s interests in the Middle East. We must not forget that Erdogan has given his blessing to the recent peace agreementmediated by the White House, between Armenia and Azerbaijan: an agreement that has inflicted a serious blow to the Russian influence on the South Caucasus. Finally, but not less important, Trump is trying to intensify the relationships with Erdogan in the defense sector just to remove it as much as possible from the orbit of Moscow.
This is the strategy that the American president is following. However, it will be necessary to understand if it will be able to convince a pragmatically unprejudiced leader like the Sultan.
