Trump could lift ban on fighter jet sales to Turkey after talks with Erdogan

President Donald Trump held talks with Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House (Evan Vucci/AP)

President Donald Trump has held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House and signalled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter jets to Ankara.

During Mr Trump’s first term, the US removed Turkey, a Nato ally, from its flagship F-35 fighter jet programme after Turkey purchased an air defence system from Russia.