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Trump Questions Value of F-35’s Global Supply Chain

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Trump Questions Value of F-35’s Global Supply Chain
F-35As on the runway before a combat exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah in November, 2018. The program helped bolster sales and earnings in Lockheed Martin’s second quarter. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

The president of the United States cast doubt on the merits of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s global supply chain during a May 14 television appearance, and hinted he may work to bring supply parts currently made overseas back stateside. Speaking with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo Thursday morning, President Trump responded to a question about incentivizing key industries to keep their supply chains in the United States by blasting the F-35 program, which currently boasts eight partner nations contributing…

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