During a press gaggle, Trump told the media he always keeps Turkish President Erdogan happy.
Turkey was sanctioned by the US for its multibillion purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems in 2020 by the Trump administration.
A Turkish reporter asked if Trump will lift the sanctions.
Q: You said at the NATO summit back in July that you don’t sanction your friends and it’s time to lift the sanctions on Turkey. What’s the hold-up, sir?
TRUMP: Yeah, who are you with?
Q: Turkey.
Turkey? I love Turkey.
Mr. President, what’s the hold-up, sir?
Q: What’s the hold-up?
TRUMP: I’ll always speak to President Erdogan. He’s a friend of mine, as you know.And I’ll always make him happy.
Good grief.
Trump loves him some autocrats.
He longs to be an autocrat.
The Republican-led Congress grants him as much power as it can.
Hopefully, if Democrats turn out in November, a new Congress won’t feel the same way.