# Trump threatens to exclude Bombardier aircraft from US market

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-demands-bombardier-establish-us-manufacturing-or-face-american-sales-ban/
- Published: 2026-09-08T05:07:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-08T11:15:21+00:00
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Trump threatened to ban Bombardier jet sales in the US
- Bombardier's jets are FAA-approved and USMCA-compliant, complicating enforcement
- Similar threat in January also went unenforced

## Summary

President Trump has said Bombardier will no longer be allowed to sell its private jets in the United States unless the Canadian manufacturer starts building them domestically, branding the company's aircraft "not good enough" in a Truth Social post and accusing Canada of treating America "like a piggybank." The threat, which the White House did not explain how it would enforce, emerged as part of a broader trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa and came just ahead of Canada introducing retaliatory tariffs against the US, though analysts doubt it can practically be carried out given how deeply integrated the two countries' aerospace industries are.

Bombardier's jets are certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration and comply with the USMCA trade deal Trump himself helped negotiate, and the Montreal-based firm already has a significant US footprint, employing 3,500 people, working with 2,800 American suppliers, building wings for its Global 8000 jet in Texas and preparing defence aircraft at a Kansas factory; roughly half its 5,100-strong customer fleet is based in the US. This is not the first such threat: in January Trump said Bombardier's Global Express jets would be decertified and floated 50% tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft, but neither materialised, and Canada went on to certify several rival Gulfstream planes the following month. Bombardier, which reported 6% quarterly revenue growth to $2.15 billion in July, did not respond to requests for comment, and the episode appears to have fizzled out much like the earlier January threat.

## Coverage

- [BBC World: Trump threatens to stop sale of Canadian Bombardier jets in US](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj8xx5010o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)
- [HuffPost: Trump Says Canada’s Bombardier Cannot Sell In U.S. Unless It Builds There](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-says-canada-bombardier-cannot-sell-united-states_n_6a9f558de4b06fa65f9b99e2)

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