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Turkish Lira under attack as U.S. halts shipment of F-35 jet equipment (Video)

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the weakening Turkish lira which dropped more than 2 percent on Tuesday, after reaching 5.6125 against the US Dollar. Lira volatility comes after the United States halted delivery of equipment related to the F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey.
Erdogan continues to push forward with the purchase of Russian S-400s, against US and NATO warnings to halt the order of the advanced Russian air defense system.

Turkish Lira collapse has Europe worried and Erdogan fighting Trump (Video)

According to Zerohedge, just when you thought Turkey’s moment of agony couldn’t get any worse, it got much worse, when watching the collapse of the Turkish Lira and sensing perhaps that Erdogan’s end is near, President Donald Trump blindsided the NATO member state with a tweet, announcing that he is doubling Turkey’s steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% and 20%, respectively. Why?

CONFIRMED: Turkey and Iran to conduct bilateral trade in national currencies

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More pressure on Erdogan as Turkey’s economy deteriorates

A major factor in pushing Turkish President Erdogan’s government towards rapprochement with Russia rarely gets discussed.  This is the rapidly deteriorating state of the Turkish economy.
At a superficial level this deterioration is reflected in the performance of Turkey’s currency, the lira.  It lost 17% of its value in 2016, and a further 12% of its value in January of this year.