Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited the White House this afternoon for the first time in six years.

Meeting with President Trump at a time when the international community is grappling with how to end the war in Gaza and Russia’s war on Ukraine, the two leaders had plenty to speak about.

The atmosphere was markedly less tense that Erdogan’s previous visit in 2019 which followed a significant political fallout between the countries over the situation in Syria – now a topic on which the two leaders are more aligned.

Today, the US president dominated the conversation with the press – telling reporters the pair will be talking of tariffs, a Ukraine ceasefire and that Erdogan may be “successful” with regards the sale of F-35 and F-16 jets.

After a short stint with reporters, Trump and Erdogan left for their private meeting which was later described by Trump with a thumbs-up.

“Great,” he said of the two hours the pair spent together.