Bombardier pushes back on Trump threat to bar US private jet sales

Bombardier responded Monday to President Donald Trump's threat to bar sales of its private jets in the United States by pointing to its existing American manufacturing presence and supply chain. Trump said on Truth Social that if Bombardier wants access to the U.S. market, it must build there and stop treating America like a "piggybank."

The company said it has employees in nine U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and that its jets are built with American-made components such as engines and avionics. Bombardier added that its supply chain includes about 2,800 American companies across 47 states. It also plans to open a new facility at Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana this year that will be a service center for the Midwestern U.S. A spokesperson described the company as being in the middle of a large-scale American expansion.

Bombardier stopped producing commercial aircraft years ago but its business jets remain popular in the U.S., where some carriers still operate commercial models it no longer builds. The U.S. military also uses modified Bombardier jets, including the E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, a variant of the Global Express.