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Trump lifts CAATSA sanctions on Turkey and dangles the F-35 — a sanctions-for-alignment bargain at the Ankara summit

Trump says Washington will drop the CAATSA sanctions on Turkey and weigh an F-35 sale, a deal struck face-to-face with Erdoğan that could rewire NATO's eastern flank. Here is what happened, why it matters, and what remains unconfirmed.