As Nick points out, it was one of several meetings and phone calls with Middle East leaders within a few days.
Contrary to PapaD's claim in his book that Turkey is the darling of DC, I could find no positive coverage of the visit in the MSM.
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
There appears to have been a coordinated build up by several of the usual #RegimeChangeDeluxe players to generate negative press in advance of the Erdogan/Trump meeting.
Was the future plan to combat ISIS agreed upon in those few days in May?
nytimes.com/2017/05/16/wor…
May 17, 2017 - the next day Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoints former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as special counsel.
cbsnews.com/news/doj-appoi…