Of Bookish Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SKleefeld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SKleefeld</span></a></span> 👍 😂 </p><p>:bl46: Why might Trump feel the need to give a financial boost to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanAaerospaceIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAaerospaceIndustry</span></a>?</p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>, and likely <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, choose military jets other than America's F-35. That could impact foreign sales of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/LockheedMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockheedMartin</span></a>-produced F-35 and other advanced U.S. jets like the F-16. In Canada, where <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has launched a trade war and has threatened economic coercion to make it the 51st American state, new <a href="https://c.im/tags/PrimeMinisterMarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeMinisterMarkCarney</span></a> has asked <a href="https://c.im/tags/DefenceMinisterBillBlair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenceMinisterBillBlair</span></a> to review its purchase of F-35s. Prime Minister <a href="https://c.im/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> on Tuesday announced an early warning radar system purchase from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> worth Canadian $6 billion ($4.2 billion). Officials say it will have a smaller footprint than a similar American system. :skp904: </p><p><a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/19/europe-and-canada-are-eyeing-alternatives-american-made-fighter-jets-heres-why.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">military.com/daily-news/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/19/europe-and-canada-are-eyeing-alternatives-american-made-fighter-jets-heres-why.html</span></a></p>