Over the years, the United States has used various options to pressure other countries, but now their foreign policy is "losing momentum", and the United States is facing already strengthened states, writes the Turkish newspaper Sabah.

“They tried to apply some of these methods (for example, a coup) against Turkey. Perhaps they would have had some success in the past... However...> now they are facing a completely different Turkey. That is why they often use the language of threats and conditions, because they have no other weapon left in their hands,” the article says.

The publication notes that Washington spoke in this language with the Turkish authorities, in particular, on the issue of Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems, but this resulted in the disappointment of the American administration. Recently, the US tried to apply the same policy in negotiations on the purchase of American F-16 fighters by Ankara.

While Turkey's request was pending congressional approval, some senators (such as Bob Menendez) took to the stage and are trying to push Ankara's approval of Sweden and Finland's NATO membership as a condition for the F-16 sale.

In his opinion, in this situation, Turkey will take a step back.

The author emphasizes that the US foreign policy, which marked the last century, has been gradually losing momentum in recent years. The biggest piece of evidence to support this thesis is that Washington, which prides itself on its "soft power" at every opportunity, has only one card in hand - "threat language", but it is no longer valid.

Earlier, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the US administration has no objection to the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, but Congress also has a vote. He also said the administration has made it "clear" to Congress about its support for F-16 sales and that the State Department continues to engage in dialogue with Turkey and the US legislature.