Turkey Wanted To Buy US Missile Systems But Obama Administration Said No - Trump On S-400

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.