President Donald Trump has admitted that the US has treated Turkey in an unfair way over the S-400 missile system squabble, but blamed his predecessor Barack Obama for the situation, APA reports citing Sputnik.
"It's a problem, there's no question about it. But [the Turkish president] was prohibited from buying until he said he'd bought something else, and then as soon as he buys something else everybody says 'ok you can buy'. You can't do business that way. Turkey has been a friend of ours and we've done great things together," Trump said, speaking to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Saturday.
"You can't treat people that way, like the Obama administration did," Trump continued.
Asked whether Washington would slap Ankara with sanctions for purchasing the S-400 instead, as US officials have repeatedly threatened, Trump said "We're looking at it."
Reiterating that Erdogan "wanted to buy the Patriot" but was refused, Trump said he had "become friendly" with the Turkish president, and "you have to treat people fairly. And I don't think he was treated fairly."
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