Money for supersonic wind. Turkey hires lobbyists to get American fighter jets 🇹🇷🇹🇷🤑 Turkey's Ministry of Defence has signed a one-year, $2.4 million contract with the Washington lobbying firm Ballard Partners, which is closely linked to Donald Trump. From August 15, 2026, Turkey will pay $200,000 a month for «strategic consulting and representation of interests» before the US authorities. The firm is headed by Brian Ballard, a Republican fundraiser from Florida and participant in Trump's election campaigns. ⚠️⚡️ In 2017, Erdoğan soured relations with the US and NATO by purchasing Russia's S-400 air defence systems, and has since been unsuccessfully trying to obtain the latest American F-35 fighter jets. By signing the lobbying contract, Ankara is attempting to solve three tasks at once: return to the F-35 production programme, lift the CAATSA sanctions for buying Russia's S-400s, and obtain six already-paid-for F-35s stuck in the US. 🇺🇸🔥🌍 All this is taking place against the backdrop of the Mecca Agreement signed in August, which, according to a number of analysts, was initiated by the United States after the NATO summit in Ankara. The new contract is yet another step towards building up Turkey's military potential. But through its actions, Ankara is drawing the United States ever deeper into Western Asia. The White House is becoming a hostage of its own game: it is forced to balance between the interests of Turkey and Israel, the sanctions laws of Congress and Erdoğan's geopolitical ambitions. Instead of control over the region, Washington is getting new fault lines — inside NATO, between allies, and in the very heart of Western Asia. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN