Trump definitely doesn’t care. That said, this can potentially present problems with Congress because there are many congressmen on the Republican side who would be split between their political instincts for deferring to Trump who wants this to happen and for backing Israel which absolutely does not. There’s a bipartisan letter written against this from people from people in like the Hellenic Israel Alliance Caucus and so on.
Since it seems like the Turkish side is sending out communications that they’re open to getting rid of it and that would make things politically easier in DC I would think it more likely than not that the S-400 moves onto somewhere else. I hardly think the challenge in Congress is insurmountable in the face of Trump’s power if Turkey were to absolutely refuse to get rid of the S-400 but it’s not even being used so I don’t see why Turkey would not take the chance to offload a liability, look reasonable and buy brownie points for keeing the Trump admin’s life simple.
Trump definitely doesn’t care. That said, this can potentially present problems with Congress because there are many congressmen on the Republican side who would be split between their political instincts for deferring to Trump who wants this to happen and for backing Israel which absolutely does not. There’s a bipartisan letter written against this from people from people in like the Hellenic Israel Alliance Caucus and so on.
Since it seems like the Turkish side is sending out communications that they’re open to getting rid of it and that would make things politically easier in DC I would think it more likely than not that the S-400 moves onto somewhere else. I hardly think the challenge in Congress is insurmountable in the face of Trump’s power if Turkey were to absolutely refuse to get rid of the S-400 but it’s not even being used so I don’t see why Turkey would not take the chance to offload a liability, look reasonable and buy brownie points for keeing the Trump admin’s life simple.