Trump Praises Erdogan as 'Great Ally' Ahead of Iran Deadline

🤝 ANKARA — Trump calls Erdogan a 'friend' while Thursday's deadline idles. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Praising Erdogan during the Iran pause isn't casual. Turkey controls Bosphorus transit, hosts NATO assets, and maintains back-channels to Tehran Washington lacks. Activating Ankara as a parallel track to Oman would give Trump a second diplomatic rope. Variable: whether this is pre-Thursday optics or the opening of a Turkey-brokered formula.