Trump shrugs off Netanyahu's objections
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Trump shrugs off Netanyahu's objections to F-35 sale to Turkey before White House meeting

US President Donald Trump says "nobody is telling me" what to do regarding the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

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Aboard Air Force One, Trump commented on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's objection to selling US F-35 jets to Turkey:

"Nobody tells me what we're going to sell," Trump said on Monday.

He added that "Turkey is not a big fan of Israel," and that Turkey is a "fantastic ally." The remark comes barely a day before Netanyahu's meeting with Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

Netanyahu has long warned the US against the sale.

"He (Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan) is threatening to destroy my country, the only Jewish state," Netanyahu said in an interview with CNN earlier in July.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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