AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump signals openness to selling Turkey F-35 fighter jets
President Trump signaled at the top of his meeting with Turkish President Erdoğan in Ankara on Tuesday that he's leaning towards allowing the country back into the F-35 program and selling the fighter jets to the Turkish air force. Why it matters: Allowing Turkey to rejoin the program and selling it F-35 jets would be a shift in U.S. policy. Israel fears it would tilt the regional balance of power and violate U.S. commitments to maintain Israel's military edge. - If approved, Turkey would be the first country in the region to be part of the F-35 development and production program and the second country in the region to have F-35s after Israel. - Trump had previously said he would sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia without it being part of…