“NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough!” Trump made this statement in a post on Truth Social.
“If they want our market, they must build here and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank,'” the Republican said.
The White House, however, did not comment on how Trump would enforce the bar on deliveries of Bombardier jets, which have been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The planemaker’s jets also comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal, USMCA, that Trump helped implement during his first term.
Most Bombardier private jets use American engines, produced by both Honeywell Aerospace and GE Aerospace. Any adverse action from Trump will affect these industry players as well.
However, if Trump proceeds with his plan, he will breach the sector that has remained unscathed from the Tariff Man’s rampage.
As per the US trade group Aerospace Industries Association, Uncle Sam’s aerospace and defense sector has a USD 109.2 billion trade surplus, with exports up 25% on an annual basis in 2025.
Both the American automobile and aviation sectors depend on parts produced by its northern neighbor, with a deeply integrated supply chain keeping the industrial machinery running.
Bombardier, the rival of US business jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace, has an American workforce of 3,500 and a US footprint of 2,800 suppliers, along with factories and service centers across the world’s largest economy.
The company is currently working on bringing its sixth US service center online while producing wings for its flagship Global 8000 jet in Texas.
The Montreal-based company, reacting to Trump’s threat, said in a statement that it spends more than USD 2.5 billion with American suppliers every year.
“Our plan is to continue to invest in our people, our customers, and the communities in which we operate across the country,” the company said.
Republicans back Bombardier
Bombardier also has a defense division. In a Kansas factory, the venture prepares Canadian-manufactured planes for special-mission purposes.
However, it’s not the first time that Bomberdier has faced Trump’s tirade. In January this year, the Republican said that his administration was decertifying Bombardier Global Express business jets, apart from threatening 50% import tariffs on all aircraft made in Canada until the country’s regulator certified several planes produced by Gulfstream.
However, neither of the threats got realised into policy actions, as Ottawa eventually started certifying Gulfstream planes.
As per the reports, immediately after Trump issued the “NO MORE SELLING” threat, fellow Republicans in Kansas, where Bombardier employs around 1,500, hit back at the President by vowing to protect those jobs ahead of a key November election.
Additionally, a group of Republican lawmakers, along with their Democratic counterparts, contacted the White House.
Kansas’ Republican senator Roger Marshall, who is running for re-election, said he would fight to save Bombardier jobs in his state.
“I’ve already taken that concern inside the Oval Office,” he remarked.
Out of Bombardier’s 3,500 American jobs, more than 40% are in Wichita, Kansas, a key red state.
Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas also reached out to the Trump administration “to make certain the President is aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas.”
Republicans fear the escalating trade war with Canada potentially emerging as an election issue ahead of the November midterms.
Democrat Adam Hamilton, who is running against Marshall, said on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday that “Bombardier supports 1,500 Kansas families with good-paying jobs, and now the president is trying to take that away.”
Congressman Ron Estes, a Republican who represents Kansas’ 4th district, too opposed tariffs on aerospace while defending the Canadian planemaker’s contribution to his state.
“Bombardier supports an extensive American supply chain, boasts maintenance and repair capabilities across the US, and is trusted by our military for critical national security missions,” he said.