Washington – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took aim at another major defense contractor on Monday, saying the cost of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet program was too high.
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“The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th,” Trump said on Twitter.
The aerospace giant’s shares dropped 2.6 percent in premarket trade after Trump’s tweet.
A week before Trump won the Nov. 8 presidential election, the U.S. Defense Department and Lockheed Martin concluded negotiations on their ninth contract for F-35 fighter jets after 14 months of negotiations on the deal of more than $6.1 billion, the Pentagon said.
Trump campaigned on a promise to cut waste in federal government.
The F-35 program has an estimated cost of nearly $400 billion. Israel is among a small number of allies to get the plane.
Last week, he also used Twitter to target Boeing Co for its “out of control” costs on a new fleet of Air Force One planes, urging the federal government to “Cancel order!”
Trump is acting against America’s interest so his pal, Putin can rule the world. Your happy now, Trumpsters?