{"id":1319,"date":"2026-07-07T23:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:05:49","slug":"foxs-mark-levin-calls-out-trump-giving-gifts-to-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Fox&#8217;s Mark Levin Calls Out Trump Giving &#8216;Gifts&#8217; to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5740546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5740546\" class=\"wp-image-5740546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LevinTrump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LevinTrump.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LevinTrump-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LevinTrump-1200x691.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LevinTrump-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5740546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photos: Fox News and AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox News anchor and pro-MAGA pundit <strong>Mark Levin\u00a0<\/strong>called out President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> for saying he was going to lift sanctions on Turkey on Tuesday, with Levin saying he was making a \u201cbig mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levin shared his displeasure on X, shortly after the president met with Turkish President <strong>Recep Tayyip Erdogan <\/strong>in Ankara. The televised meeting coincided with Trump traveling to Turkey for the latest NATO Summit \u2014 a summit Trump said he wouldn\u2019t have attended, if not for his great respect for his \u201cfriend\u201d Erdogan<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump also said he was considering whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-bashes-nato-debates-selling-fighter-jets-to-loyal-turkey-despite-restrictions\/\">to sell F-35 fighter jets<\/a> to Turkey \u2014 even though there are legal restrictions against it \u2014 because the country has been \u201cmore loyal\u201d than other NATO allies. The president added, \u201cWe\u2019re going to be taking the sanctions off.\u201d Trump suspended Turkey\u2019s participation in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program during his first term after Turkey bought Russian missile defense systems, citing concern that U.S. technology could end up in Russian hands.<\/p>\n<p>Levin responded to a clip of Trump\u2019s sanctions comment that showed Erdogan looking fairly happy about the news, with Erdogan\u00a0smirking and giving a quick thumbs up gesture. But Levin hated it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Christmas in Turkey,\u201d he posted \u2014 which was clearly just a figure of speech, since Turkey is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2012\/08\/09\/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-2-religious-commitment\/\">97% Muslim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re piling on so many generous and expensive gifts even Erdogan is surprised,\u201d he continued. \u201cBig Mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"cca7083c227ae8a9b3b3701a86b657e9\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s Christmas in Turkey. We\u2019re piling on so many generous and expensive gifts even Erdogan is surprised. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Big mistake. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuXrBsX4rF\">https:\/\/t.co\/LuXrBsX4rF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marklevinshow\/status\/2074527598244254101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Levin\u2019s criticism stands out, considering he has been one of the president\u2019s biggest media supporters. He saluted Trump for his strong alliance with Israel and dubbed him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/videos\/fox-mark-levin-hails-trump-025559471.html\">America\u2019s \u201cfirst Jewish president\u201d<\/a> at a Hanukkah celebration last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump returned the favor in April when Levin was in a feud with <strong>Megyn Kelly<\/strong> and <strong>Tucker Carlson<\/strong>. The president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/trump-defends-the-great-one-mark-levin-amid-feud-with-megyn-kelly-only-jealous-critics-with-little-sway-would-attack-him\/\">defended Levin<\/a> by calling him a \u201cGreat American Patriot\u201d and said his media rivals were simply \u201cjealous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Levin has not shied away from criticizing Trump on occasion. Most recently, he bashed Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/unthinkable-mark-levin-absolutely-buries-trumps-iran-deal-point-by-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cunthinkable\u201d Memorandum of Understanding<\/a> with Iran. Levin has urged Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/mark-levin-urges-trump-to-finish-off-iran-warns-theocratic-leaders-will-never-abide-by-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to \u201cfinish off\u201d Iran<\/a>, rather than negotiate with its theocratic leaders.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photos: Fox News and AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein) Fox News anchor and pro-MAGA pundit Mark Levin\u00a0called out President Donald Trump for saying he was going to lift sanctions on Turkey on Tuesday, with Levin saying he was making a \u201cbig mistake.\u201d Levin shared his displeasure on X, shortly after the president met with Turkish President Recep&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LevinTrump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}