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Trump’s threats of Canadian aircraft decertification unlikely to happen

Published: 13 February 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump recently accused Canada of refusing to certify U.S.-made Gulfstream aircraft and threatened to retaliate by decertifying Canadian-made planes in the United States—an action that would effectively ground them. But, as is often the case with Trump’s more extreme threats, his staff quickly walked it back.

According to Prof. Karl Moore, it would be difficult for Trump to compel U.S. regulators to follow through on such a move. The Federal Aviation Administration operates at arm’s length from the government, he noted, and its officials are serious professionals who base their decisions on safety, not politics. ā€œI don’t think we’ll get to that because it doesn’t make sense,ā€ he added.

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