President Donald Trump threatened Monday to block Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier from selling aircraft in the United States unless the company relocates manufacturing stateside. The escalation arrives as bilateral trade negotiations deteriorate, prompting retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa covering nearly twenty billion dollars in American goods.
President Trump Targets Bombardier Sales and Manufacturing
United States President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that Canada-based airplane maker Bombardier can no longer sell its aircraft in the United States unless the company starts manufacturing its planes domestically. The demand introduces a high-stakes dispute into an already tense trade relationship between Washington and Ottawa.
Writing on social media, the president criticized the company’s reliance on American customers and suppliers while accusing Canada of maintaining restrictive policies against American businesses. NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!
Trump wrote in a Monday post on Truth Social. Their products aren’t good enough!
Trump further charged that the company depends on American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service — All while Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the U.S.A.
The president added, If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank.’
Trump additionally stated, Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States — They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service,
and argued, Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the USA. They even blocked Gulfstream Aerospace from doing business in Canada — Completely unjust and unfair! That Era is OVER!
Escalating Trade War and Retaliatory Tariffs
Trump’s clash with the company comes amid a trade war in which the president has imposed new tariffs on Canadian products and signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America. These developments unfold as negotiations between the United States and Canada have deteriorated in recent weeks.
In response to Trump’s tariffs, Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on nearly $20 billion worth of goods. Covering 700 different US goods, those retaliatory tariffs are set to take effect on early Tuesday.
This is not the first time the US president has targeted Bombardier since returning to office in 2025. Shares of Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier plunged in January after Trump threatened to decertify the private jet maker’s large-cabin planes and slap 50 percent import tariffs on new planes until Canada certified the latest aircraft produced by US rival Gulfstream.
Bombardier’s U.S. Footprint and Economic Impact
Following the president’s statements, Bombardier defended its investments in the U.S. In a Monday statement, Bombardier described itself as a strong contributor
to the American aerospace industry that is responsible for creating tens of thousands of jobs across the United States.
The company outlined its widespread domestic presence, noting that “Bombardier’s American workers are based all around the United States with sites in Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, California, Washington D.C. and New Jersey, as well as overall direct employment presence in more than 20 states.” Bombardier also highlighted a robust U.S. supply chain and the American-made components
used in their planes. Significantly, the wings for the world’s fastest business jet are made by American workers at Bombardier’s facility in Red Oak, Texas while crucial flight control components are made in Bombardier’s Los Angeles, California area facility,
the company added. Furthermore, Bombardier has also announced extensive plans to grow its defense activities as well as its service network and will, later this year, inaugurate a new facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Political Pushback and Industry Stakeholders
The president’s remarks drew an objection hours later from Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., whose state hosts Bombardier’s U.S. headquarters. This represents the latest example of pushback from Republican senators against Trump’s Canada trade policy, which has sparked back-and-forth tariffs months from the midterm elections.
In a post on X, Moran noted that the company is a major employer in his state. The presence of Bombardier in Wichita supports a local workforce of more than a thousand employees, who contribute their talent and expertise to our nation’s defense and aerospace capabilities,
Moran wrote. “This afternoon, I reached out to the Trump administration to make certain the President is aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas and the importance of its presence in Wichita to many Kansas workers at Bombardier and in the Bombardier supply chain,” Moran added.
The unfolding dispute directly affects large private jet companies including NetJets, one of Bombardier’s biggest purchasers. In December 2023, the Columbus, Ohio-based company penned a deal with Bombardier to buy 12 Challenger 3500 jets outright, with Bombardier giving NetJets the option to buy up to another 232 aircraft later.
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