Donald Trump has taken aim at Canada’s aerospace industry by threatening to “decertify” its jets in the US as part of his latest broadside against America’s northern neighbour.
The US president criticised Ottawa for having “steadfastly refused” to certify a new fleet of American planes and said he would be “hereby decertifying” Canadian Bombardier Global Express jets and “all aircraft made in Canada”.
The move was “based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets, one of the greatest, most technologically advanced airplanes ever made”, Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening.