Canada DUMPS U.S. F-35 Jets for Sweden’s GRIPEN — $17 BILLION DEAL CANCELLED in a Move Shaking Washington!
Ottawa just delivered a political earthquake, ditching America’s F-35 program and throwing its full weight behind Sweden’s Gripen — a decision U.S. officials never imagined Canada would dare to make. The cancellation rips billions out of America’s defense pipeline and hands Sweden a victory that instantly shifts military influence across the continent.
In Washington, outrage is boiling as lawmakers accuse Canada of betraying a decades-long defense alliance, while Canadian leaders fire back, claiming the U.S. left them with “overpriced, overdue, underperforming hardware.”
Welldeep fracture in North American cooperation — and embolden other allies to follow Canada’s lead….