US has formally kicked the nation of #Turkey out of their F-35 development program in response to their recent purchase of Russian-made S-400 systems. pic.twitter.com/UDhmS6ClWa

— 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙗 (@IntelCrab) July 17, 2019

"Turkey cannot field a #Russia|n intelligence platform" in proximity to F-35, per @DeptofDefense Undersecretary Ellen Lord

— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) July 17, 2019

"This is a rather unfortunate development" per @DeptofDefense Undersecretary for Policy David Trachtenberg, but says US-#Turkey cooperation will continue "across the entire spectrum of our security relationship" other than the F-35 program pic.twitter.com/i21Lf2JQC2

— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) July 17, 2019

Should #Turkey be kicked out of @NATO?

"I'm not going to say one way or another what should happen" per @DeptofDefense's Trachtenberg "That's a decision for the NATO alliance"

— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) July 17, 2019