President Donald Trump said Wednesday the US is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump told reporters at a White House news conference that the Emiratis had expressed interest in buying quite a few of the stealth fighter jets.
He said such a sale was under review given the new dynamic between Israel and the UAE since the two nations agreed to normalise relations last week.
Perhaps just as important, Trump said, is that the UAE can afford to buy the planes.
They have the money and they would like to order quite a few F-35s,” Trump said.
