Trump Cancels Bombardier Aircraft Certification

Summary

Trump announced the decertification of Bombardier Global Express aircraft and all other Canadian-made aircraft.USHK News This announcement comes one year after a fatal crash in Washington involving a Bombardier jet, after which Trump had confirmed there were no survivors.

Impact Analysis

This isn’t a random trade spat. The timing is the entire signal—Trump is decertifying Bombardier exactly one year after that fatal crash at Reagan National where he personally confirmed no survivors. It gives him the political cover to launch a major protectionist attack under the guise of safety. And it’s not just one model; he’s targeting all Canadian-made aircraft, effectively locking them out of the US market.USHK News

This is a devastating, targeted blow to Bombardier and a massive gift to its US competitors like Gulfstream (General Dynamics) and Cessna (Textron). By tying this to a national tragedy, Trump makes it politically difficult for this to be reversed quickly through normal channels. The bottom line is that Bombardier’s US sales just went to zero. The trade is to short Bombardier and go long its US peers, who are about to absorb its market share.