Transcript - Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Bilat With Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Osaka - June 29, 2019 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

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Well, thank you very much. It's my honor to be with a friend of mine, somebody I've become very close to, in many respects, and he's doing a very good job: the President of Turkey. And we have a meeting largely to do with trade. We're doing more and more business, and we expect to be able to quadruple that business with Turkey.

Donald Trump

00:00:20 - 00:00:47 (26 sec)

We think it will be great. They're great craftsmen. They have great product. And we're opening it up. We also do military trading, and they buy a lot of our military equipment. And it's an honor to be with you, Mr. President. Thank you. And look at these people, how nice they are. Look at them. They're so easy to deal with.

Donald Trump

00:00:47 - 00:00:56 (9 sec)

Look at them. Central casting. There's no Hollywood set where you could produce people that look like them. Please.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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[Via Interpreter] Mr. President, first, I would like to express that it's very meaningful for us to come together here at the Osaka Summit. And we are currently going towards fulfilling the goal of a $75 billion trade volume.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

00:01:15 - 00:01:37 (22 sec)

[Via Interpreter] And there are many steps that we need to take within the defense industry area, but, more importantly, we have a strategic partnership. And the strategic partnership also encourages us to create solidarity across many areas, and I have full belief that our solidarity will continue throughout the strategic partnership. Thank you.

Question

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Mr. President, what will you do about the S-400s? Is the U.S. going to have to impose sanctions if he takes possession?

Donald Trump

00:01:50 - 00:02:31 (41 sec)

Well, we're discussing it. We have a complicated situation because the President was not allowed to buy the Patriot missiles. So when he bought the other ones -- the S-200s or 400s -- when he bought them, he wanted to do this, but he wasn’t allowed by the Obama administration to buy them until after he made a deal to buy other missiles.

Donald Trump

00:02:31 - 00:02:54 (23 sec)

So he buys the other missile and then, all of a sudden, they say, "Well, you can now buy our missile." You don’t -- you can't do business that way. It's not good. It's not good.

Question

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Does that mean is there way -- so could you --

Donald Trump

00:02:59 - 00:03:40 (41 sec)

We're looking at different solutions. It's a problem, there's no question about it. We're looking at different solutions. But he was prohibited from buying until he said he bought something else. And then, as soon as he buys something else, everybody says, "Okay. You can buy it." You can't do business that way.

Donald Trump

00:03:40 - 00:04:07 (27 sec)

Turkey has been a friend of ours and they've done -- we've done great things together. We're a big trading partner. We're going to be much bigger. I think the $75 billion is small. I think it's going to be well over $100 billion soon. You can't treat people that way, like the Obama administration did.

Question

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Will you be discussing the killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Istanbul Saudi consulate?

Question

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Will you sanction [Inaudible]?

Donald Trump

00:04:11 - 00:04:39 (28 sec)

We're going to have a news conference back at the hotel. We had a very good meeting with President Xi of China. Excellent. I would say excellent. As good as it was going to be. We discussed a lot of things. And we're right back on track, and we’ll see what happens. But we had a really good meeting. I think President Xi will be putting out a statement -- maybe giving a statement -- but he'll be putting out a statement shortly, and we will too.

Donald Trump

00:04:39 - 00:04:49 (11 sec)

I think we'll probably save ours for about 3:30 or so at the hotel. We're going to go to the closing ceremony, and then we'll go over to the hotel and we'll do a news conference.

Question

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Will the U.S. impose sanctions against Turkey on S-400 purchase?

Donald Trump

00:04:55 - 00:05:17 (23 sec)

We're looking at it. But it's a double -- it's a two-way street. They wouldn’t sell the President -- they wouldn’t let him -- they wouldn’t let him buy the missile that he wanted to buy, which is the Patriot. And then, after he buys from somebody else, he says "Now we'll sell you the Patriot." So, I have to tell you, he's a NATO member, he's somebody that I have become friendly with.

Donald Trump

00:05:17 - 00:05:25 (8 sec)

And you have to treat people fairly. You understand that. You have to treat people fairly. And I don’t think he was treated fairly. I don’t think he was treated fairly.

Question

00:05:25 - 00:05:31 (6 sec)

The ball is in your court though now, Mr. President. Will you? You're the one who makes the decision. Will impose the sanctions?

Donald Trump

00:05:31 - 00:05:46 (15 sec)

So we'll see you at the hotel at 3:30, where we'll talk about China. But we had a very, very good meeting with China. I would say, probably, even better than expected. And the negotiations are continuing. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Question

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Mr. President, are you going to Turkey in July? Will you be going to Turkey in July, Mr. President?

Question

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When are you going to Turkey?

Donald Trump

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I will, at some point, be going to Turkey. I've been invited, and I will be -- I will be going to Turkey, yes.

Question

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This year, Mr. President? Will you go to Turkey this year?

Question

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Will you go in July?

Donald Trump

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We haven’t set a date. Thank you.