Turkey Wanted to Buy US Missile Systems But Obama Administration Said No - Trump on S-400
Turkey wanted to buy US missile systems, but Barack Obama's administration did not let it, so it had to buy S-400 from Russia, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd December, 2019) Turkey wanted to buy US missile systems, but Barack Obama's administration did not let it, so it had to buy S-400 from Russia, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
"They tried to buy ours and the Obama administration said 'you can't have them.
' The Obama administration said 'you can't have the Patriots' ... And they said that a number of times, and then Turkey went out and bought the Russian missile," Trump told a press conference, when asked about Ankara's purchase of the S-400 systems, which was questioned by its NATO allies.