🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump, speaking on Tuesday, 16 Tir, praised the role of Turkey in regional developments and said that Washington’s and Ankara’s relations are strong, adding that Turkey has a deep understanding of Iran and the challenges associated with it. Describing Turkey as “a very great military power,” Trump said the country had the ability to enter regional conflicts, but chose not to. With a joking tone, he added: “Maybe they didn’t join this war because of me.” The US president also described his administration’s relations with Turkey as “exceptional” and thanked the two countries for their close cooperation. In another part of his remarks, Trump described military confrontation with Iran not as a “war,” but as “an operation for the elimination of nuclear weapons,” and said he is confident that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, has no intention whatsoever of allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. 🔴 News