Turkey eyes Trump protection from any sanctions for Russian defense purchase

Turkey expects President Donald Trump to use a waiver to protect it if the US Congress decides to sanction Ankara over a planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system, a Turkish presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last week that Washington had told Ankara it could face retribution for buying the S-400s under a sanctions law known as Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CATSAA).
Turkey has not backed down from its purchase and said it should not trigger sanctions as Ankara is not an adversary of Washington and remains committed to the NATO alliance.
Speaking to reporters during a trip to Washington, Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman to Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, said Ankara hoped a solution would be found to avoid sanctions.
"If it comes to that, that is the sanctions proposed to be implemented...