President Donald Trump greeted Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 16.
Trump annoyed Turkey by arming Kurdish militiamen in Syria. Erdogan fears the Kurds will cross the border into Turkey. Turkey has been battling its own Kurdish population for many years.
Turkey houses two U.S. air bases offering access to all of Europe and most of Africa and Asia.
President Trump greets Turkey’s Erdogan at White House
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