Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns

President Trump said on Monday that he planned to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, despite concerns from national security officials in his administration that a sale could create an opportunity for China to steal the planes’ advanced technology. “We will be doing that, we will be selling F-35s,” Mr. Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office, adding that the Saudis “want to buy them, they’ve been a great ally.” “Look at the Iran situation, what we did in terms of obliterating — we obliterated their nuclear situation,” he said, seemingly referring to strikes that the United States…