Updated Jul 8, 2026 – 12.41am, first published at 12.39am30 mins ago – 12.41AMTrump wants to reverse his own ban on selling jets to TurkeyBloombergPresident Donald Trump gave another strong indication that he may soon try to reverse his own ban on Turkey buying F-35 fighter jets from the US, vowing to lift sanctions on the country.“It’s a decision we’re going to make,” Trump said Tuesday, sitting alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara. “Certainly something we will consider.”Trump said he wanted to erase sanctions on Turkey linked to its acquisition of a Russian air defence system, which spurred the president to bar the country from getting F-35s in the first place. Such a step would face pushback in the US and may even violate the law itself, which Trump signed.The potential sale of jet engines and fighter planes to Turkey has been a sticking point between the two capitals. Trump had previously suggested he is open to selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, which Ankara was banned from acquiring after it bought a Russian S-400 air defense system in 2017. The US president said last month that he was headed to Turkey with something that would make Erdogan “very happy.”If Trump ultimately gets Erdogan the jets, it would be a major win for Turkey — and a major 180 for the US leader.