Kansas Republican senators rush to defend Bombardier's Wichita workforce after Trump threatens to bar the Canadian plane maker from selling in the U.S. market.
The people in Kansas voted for Trump, he got their electoral votes; and they’ll fucking do it again.
The business jet “market remains historically tight, and a ban on Bombardier products would severely disrupt U.S. customers” who already face multi-year waits for private jets, analysts with investment bank Stifel said in a report.
Bombardier primarily sells private and commercial jets to individuals, businesses, governments, and military forces worldwide. High-net-worth individuals account for roughly 60% of its customers. Bombardier’s customers include carriers such as American Airlines and U.S. federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration. The Defense Department uses Bombardier planes to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations because they can fly fast at high altitudes, Stifel analysts said.
Bombardier said it has workers in 20 U.S. states and plants in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, Texas and Washington, D.C. The company’s supply chain also comprises 2,800 U.S. companies in 47 states, according to Bombardier. Bombardier said in its statement that the company spends over $2.5 billion with U.S. suppliers annually. It has headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, while its Challenger Jets are powered by American-made engines from U.S. aerospace manufacturer Honeywell, which are made in Phoenix, Arizona. Wings for Bombardier planes are made at the company’s facility in Red Oak, Texas, while flight control components are manufactured at its Los Angeles, California, area facility. Bombardier also operates service centers in Dallas, Texas; Hartford, Connecticut; Miami, Florida; Tucson, Arizona; and Wichita, Kansas. Bombardier sources more than 50% of its aircraft components from U.S. manufacturers — more than American competitors such as Gulfstream, according to Stifel.
It looks like the company does some assembly in the USA, sells to private individuals and US government entities, and purchases components from US manufacturers. The also operate service centers in the USA, which means they are employing mechanics/machinists too. A quick google search would have brought you all of this information, but my bad for not spoon feeding it to you.
I wasn’t asking you to provide the information. It just seems logical for the article to address what Bombardier actually does in the US while the problem comes from Trump’s complaints about what the company doesn’t do there. Mentioning all those employees without saying anything about what they do is a little odd given the context.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bombardier-trump-jets-canada-tariffs-us/ - Updated on: September 8, 2026 / 5:33 PM EDT / CBS News
It looks like the company does some assembly in the USA, sells to private individuals and US government entities, and purchases components from US manufacturers. The also operate service centers in the USA, which means they are employing mechanics/machinists too. A quick google search would have brought you all of this information, but my bad for not spoon feeding it to you.
Seeing rich fucks like Bezos, Musk, and others be inconvenienced by this would be absolutely fucking delicious.
I bet that’s why it won’t happen
I wasn’t asking you to provide the information. It just seems logical for the article to address what Bombardier actually does in the US while the problem comes from Trump’s complaints about what the company doesn’t do there. Mentioning all those employees without saying anything about what they do is a little odd given the context.