Team USA lost to Turkey yesterday in the World Cup. Fortunately, it will nonetheless be able to advance in the competition.

Another loss to Turkey is in prospect – one that may not have a happy outcome. President Trump says he may bring a “big gift” to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the host of NATO’s upcoming summit in Ankara. He reportedly has in mind selling the Turks America’s front-line stealth fighter, the F-35.                                                    

Transferring such technology to a nation run by a sharia-supremacist regime deeply tied to Communist China is a formula for compromising sensitive technology and intelligence capabilities.

It’s all the more alarming given Mr. Trump’s disclosure that Turkey was a “prime candidate to go into the war with Iran – maybe on the Iran side.”

The truth is Turkey is an ally no more, and must be treated accordingly.

This is Frank Gaffney.