Donald Trump, the President of the United States, on Tuesday, 16 Tir, during his trip to Ankara to attend the annual NATO summit, alongside Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, once again defended the military operations of the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic and said this action should not be called “war,” but that its goal was “disarming Iran of its nuclear weapons.” Referring to Turkey’s role in developments in the Middle East, Trump said that the country “knows the Islamic Republic well” and, together with several other countries, has played an important role in efforts to end the hostilities. He said he is confident that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also does not want the Islamic Republic to obtain nuclear weapons.