00:00I'm really looking forward to that summit.
00:02I know that Erdoğan, the president of Turkey,
00:04looks forward to receiving his good friend Donald J. Trump.
00:07But I just wanted to tell this story,
00:09because ladies and gentlemen of the American media,
00:11this is important.
00:12This is your president, but also the leader of the free world,
00:16taking the leadership role as is necessary.
00:18Thank you very much.
00:19Thank you very much.
00:21Any questions, please?
00:24As a Turk myself, I can tell you with great confidence
00:27that your presence in Ankara is eagerly anticipated.
00:32What's your message to your great friend Erdoğan
00:35and the Turkish people?
00:36Because you're going to be there in less than two weeks.
00:38Are you from Turkey?
00:39Yeah, I'm a Turk myself.
00:41I like him. He's a friend of mine.
00:43He stayed out of the war.
00:45You know, he was a prime candidate to go into the war with Iran,
00:50maybe on the Iran side,
00:51because he's not a big fan of Israel, as you know.
00:54And I asked him to stay out. He stayed out.
00:56And you know who else was great?
00:57It was President Xi of China.
00:59He couldn't come in.
01:00He gets half of his oil from that area.
01:01You know, I could see him wanting to,
01:03and I asked him to please stay out, and he did.
01:07We did a good job, but he stayed out.
01:10Erdoğan's a great leader, very strong person, great military.
01:15And I asked him to stay out, and he did.
01:17And so did President Xi,
01:19and frankly, so did Putin, if you really look.
01:21But you could say that Vladimir has some other things to focus on.
01:25But they all stayed out.
01:27I mean, it was pretty amazing.
01:29People were surprised.
01:30Why did that be surprised?
01:31And I think that Erdoğan is, look, he loves Turkey, right?
01:38He's doing a great job.
01:39He loves Turkey.
01:40I love the U.S., but he loves Turkey, and he's doing a great job.
01:44He's a respected man, a respected leader,
01:46and he's been a friend of mine.
01:47Now, I shouldn't say that,
01:48because guys like Peter would say,
01:50oh, he likes Erdoğan.
01:51He likes Erdoğan.
01:52No, Peter won't.
01:53Peter doesn't get it.
01:54Some of the others, let's say.
01:56But Erdoğan is a strong man,
02:00but he's been everything I've ever asked him for, he's done.
02:03Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General clearly pointed out
02:08that allies want to do defense business with you,
02:11and Turkey is definitely one of them.
02:13They want the F-110 jet engines,
02:16and they want the F-35 fighter jets.
02:18Are you going to Turkey with a big gift bag for Erdoğan?
02:22I think so.
02:23Look, he's a member of NATO.
02:25Some people don't consider himself,
02:27but he really is.
02:28He's a strong member of NATO.
02:30I know, yeah, I'm going to probably do something
02:33that's going to make him very happy.
02:34And Turkey has a huge...
02:35Tell him hello, right?
02:36Tell him hello, he's a good man.
02:37And Turkey has a huge defense industrial base,
02:393,000 companies working all over the alliance,
02:42also in the United States.
02:44So a strong...
02:44People don't know how big Turkey is
02:46in terms of the military.
02:48It's a very strong...
02:49They have a lot of our equipment.
02:50A very strong military.
02:52Because of him.
02:53Yeah, please.
02:54What are your expectations, sir,
02:55about this meeting in Ankara?
02:57What do you think...
02:58Well, except for the fact that
03:00it was being held in Turkey
03:01by President Erdogan,
03:04I don't think I would have gone to it.
03:06You would have come for me.
03:07But I might go for...
03:09You might.
03:10You're right.
03:11I mean, I wouldn't have gone for...
03:13You know, what we went through
03:15over the last two months
03:17with, you know, the various countries.
03:19But you're probably right,
03:20I would have gone for you.
03:21But I would have...
03:22I would have not gone for most people.
03:25But he called me up, he said,
03:27please, I have it in Turkey.
03:29You've got to be there.
03:29The United States has to be there.
03:31And so I'm going out of respect
03:33to President Erdogan.
03:34Mr. President.
03:36Mr. President.
03:36What do you want the Allies to do
03:37more than what they are doing right now?
03:40Do you have...
03:40Just be loyal.
03:40I can ask...
03:41I just want their loyalty.
03:42We don't need their money.
03:43We don't need anything.
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