Scoop: Netanyahu asks Trump to rein in Erdoğan ahead of NATO summit

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Axios

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complained to President Trump on Friday about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.

Netanyahu also asked Trump, who will meet Erdoğan during this week's NATO summit in Ankara, to refrain from selling weapons systems that would help Turkey modernize its air force, the officials said.

Why it matters: Israel-Turkey tensions have soared over the last two years amid the wars in Gaza and Iran. But Trump has kept close, friendly ties with both Netanyahu and Erdoğan — a key U.S. ally and regional mediator.

Netanyahu's standing in Washington has slipped in recent months over the Iran war, which has damaged Trump's approval rating and divided his MAGA base.

How much sway Netanyahu still holds is unclear — both because of Trump's close relationship with Erdoğan, and because of the financial upside from U.S. arms sales to Turkey.

Driving the news: Trump is traveling on Monday to meet Erdoğan and participate in the NATO leaders summit in Ankara.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/scoop-netanyahu-asks-trump-to-rein-in-erdo%C4%9Fan-ahead-of-nato-summit/ar-AA27lH4p

[Renew Deal]

1. Israeli government officials have said some terrible things about Turkey

So I’m not surprised that this is the state of affairs.

[2naSalit]

2. I don't ever recall...

Those two countries ever getting along.

Bibi thinks his puppet can change that, boy is he deranged... and pootin has probably told the orangeanus to tell Zelinskyy to stop bombing ruzzia. Shitneck has some tall orders to fill while getting his ass handed to him by the rest of NATO.

[purr-rat beauty]

3. "He's saying mean things!"

"now gives us a couple bill.....we got people to blow up"

[Ray Bruns]

4. Trump couldn't rein in a dead parrot.

[moniss]

5. Given that Crumb the First has

reportedly told Erdogan he will now go ahead and transfer F-35 fighters to him we likely know at least part of the conversation Crumb the First had with Putin the other day. Erdogan was not allowed to have the F-35 because the Erdogan was believed to be a pipeline for transferring technology and intel to Putin. So Putin demands and Crumb the First obeys.

[Eugene]

6. Trump is transactional. Bibi needs to counter Turkish cash flowing into Trump family businesses.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Erdoğan needs to be reined in

Or even better, replaced with someone who will reverse the slide into autocracy, but Trump's hardly the one to do anything.

The same applies to Netanyahu, of course, but at least in his case, the upcoming elections seem likely to do the job.