Meeks blocks – Fox News host Mark Levin is spotlighting a Wall Street Journal report that Rep. Gregory Meeks is blocking an arms sale to Turkey—potentially delaying a proposed $750 million jet engine deal—over concerns that Turkey’s relationship with Russia could bring U.S.
Mark Levin didn’t just share a headline. He sounded stunned.
On Friday, the Fox News host posted a Wall Street Journal story on X describing a face-off between President Donald Trump and Congress over a planned arms sale to Turkey. Levin, a longtime GOP national security hawk, wrote, “Did you ever think you’d read anything like this?”
The Journal’s report. titled “A Turkish Arms Sale Leads to a Face-Off Between Trump and Congress. ” says the Trump administration is likely to push to “override” Rep. Gregory Meeks’s hold on the sale of $750 million worth of jet engines to Turkey. The stated concern is that Turkey uses Russia’s S-400 air defense system, raising alarms that sensitive U.S. military technology could end up tied to Russia’s capabilities.
Those concerns are not new. The report ties them to a long-running strain in U.S.-Turkey relations. and to a decision during the first Trump administration: Turkey was kicked out of the F-35 stealth fighter jet program. Levin framed the situation as part of a broader pattern of shifting U.S. military and diplomatic alignment—one he now views as astonishing.
After highlighting the jet-engine dispute. Levin went further on social media. describing Trump’s recent Iran deal and steps toward Israel as “one of the most shocking flips in military and diplomatic history.” On X. he wrote that the United States hasn’t armed the Iranian people and is “strengthening the regime internally with hundreds of billions of dollars and other huge concessions. ” making it “virtually impossible to be overthrown from within” or to collapse after the “previous crushing military offensive and economic blockade.” He added. “We don’t even mention the Iranian people anymore.”.
Levin also pointed to what he said were direct contacts with Iran’s military leadership. writing that Washington is legitimizing the Iranian regime “not just in the region but internationally through diplomacy generally. ” including “direct diplomacy with the regime” and “direct military-to-military contacts with the IRGC. the equivalent of the Nazi SS. ” which he called a “breakthrough.”.
At the same time. Levin accused the Trump administration of isolating Israel. arguing it has undermined Israel’s defenses “including via protections for Hezbollah. F-35s planned for Turkey. and hundreds of billions for Iran.” He also claimed the administration publicly ridiculed Israel’s prime minister during the lead-up to an election intended. in his words. “to defeat him. ” while praising what he described as “the genocidal Iranian regime” and other surrounding Islamist regimes.
The thread between the posts is clear: Levin treats the Meeks hold on a $750 million jet engine sale to Turkey as more than a congressional tug-of-war. He is using it to underscore his view that U.S. military technology, regional alliances, and diplomacy are being rearranged in ways that, to him, look upside down.
As the Trump administration weighs whether it can override Meeks’s block. the central issue at stake remains the same: whether sensitive U.S. defense technology could be compromised through Turkey’s access to Russia-linked systems such as the S-400 air defense system—an anxiety that has already reshaped U.S.-Turkey ties before.
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So Turkey can’t have jet engines now? Cool.
This headline makes it sound like Meeks is doing the right thing but then they say Trump might override it anyway, so what’s the point. And jet engines isn’t even the same as the F-35 stuff, right? I’m confused.
Wait, Meeks is blocking a $750M Turkey deal because Turkey is dealing with Russia… but we also sell weapons to people all the time. Sounds like politics more than security. Also Levin “stunned” like he didn’t know Turkey was allied with Russia sometimes.
Mark Levin always acts shocked when Congress disagrees, like that never happens. I heard “Turkey uses the S-400” and my brain went straight to like, they’ll just swap parts with Russia or something? Then Trump trying to override means the deal goes through no matter what, so Meeks blocking it is basically pointless. Also the Iran part sounds like it’s all connected, but I didn’t read it all.