it s time to go. it s time to go. thank you. thank you. well, looks like it s time to go according to the folks there in lithuania. you saw the brief comments by both president biden and the leader of turkey, erdogan, where they congratulated each other for a host of things. let s bring back josh and evelyn. josh, this is a brief kind of photo spread, a photo shoot of the leaders speaking, and they will have time behind closed doors to talk about these issues? that s right. they certainly will. it was so interesting to hear the turkish leader taking a victory lap after his re-election which strengthened his political scant, and he wants to use that as a moment to reassert himself more forcefully on the world stage.
are asking for an indefinite postponement of the trial, and they are saying the idea that jack smith wants to hold it in december, it would be what they would call a miscarriage of justice, and they would like to be postponed until after the presidential election, because it would be hard to seat a fair and impartial jury as long as donald trump is the defendant and running for president. this would be the first big test for the judge in this case, aileen cannon who made rulings in favor of donald trump, and she was reversed by a federal appeals court. we will see what her reaction to all that has been, did it imbolden her, chastise her. as a former federal prosecutor told me today, donald trump s strategy appears to be to have
historically turkey has felt like they should be controlling the black sea. that s important for turkey to show it s part of a strong alliance, and it s also important for turkey to show all of the players involved here that turkey has sway, and of course, president erdogan wants to show his people that as well. turkey is masterful, and erdogan is masterful to get the best deal. we were just saying erdogan being re-elected recently, and we were just talking about the situation between turkey and greece, the sea and the islands there. do you think this phase of the reality diplomatically speaking is legitimizing the erdogan regime to a much stronger position? i think, josé, it s offering the opportunity for turkey to start to improve its
liv golf now with the pga tour. we have heard from senators referencing everything from concerns from 9/11 families and the lack of transparency from the u.s. and saudis on 9/11 josé, and that s i have to interrupt you. so sorry for that. let s go to president biden and the president of turkey, president erdogan. thank you for your diplomacy and courage and leadership. we re allies of nato, so welcome.
swung erdogan towards bringing sweden in, and it s something that involved the east mediterranean and the security there, and it involves greece, too. you can tell erdogan is interested in setting that up, and he s taking this seriously, the relationship with the u.s. it s important for turkey, and i think it was an important element to swing sweden into nato, frankly. i mean, evelyn, your thoughts on that? it seems like they are talking about their five-year plan to be together on this. yeah, i agree 100% with everything jim just said, which i usually do. this was a very, very friendly engagement. i think the friendliest i have ever seen between our leaders, the u.s. and turkish leadership, and the fact that erdogan