Trump threatened Canada's Bombardier over US production. Here's where the planemaker already employs Americans.

Bombardier celebrated the completion of its 100th wing for the Global 7500 in Red Oak, Texas, in 2021.

Bombardier President Donald Trump threatened to ban Canada's Bombardier from US sales if it doesn't build here.

The planemaker already employs thousands of people in the US and spends $2.5 billion annually.

Both Republican senators from Kansas, where Bombardier's US headquarters is, defended the company.

Canada's biggest aircraft manufacturer has a larger footprint in the US than many people think.

Bombardier — known for making multimillion-dollar private jets for A-list celebrities like Matt Damon and Beyoncé — has been among the targets of President Donald Trump's escalating trade war with Canada .

The aerospace sector was not among the president's latest sweeping tariffs, but he still floated the idea of banning Bombardier from selling in the US.

In a Monday Truth Social post, Trump said the planemaker is "treating America like a 'piggybank'" and must build here if it wants access to the US market: "NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!" he wrote.

"Their products aren't good enough!" Bombardier quickly released a statement, and without naming Trump, pointed to the company's deep presence in the US: It described thousands of direct jobs across over 20 states, $2.5 billion spent across roughly 2,800 American suppliers in 47 states each year, and a network of offices, maintenance facilities, manufacturing plants , and service centers that serve its high-net-worth customers.

Its US headquarters are in Wichita, Kansas, where the Learjet was manufactured until the program's end in 2022, but now focuses on defense, flight testing, and servicing.

It also builds wings in Texas and flight control components in California, and it has a large parts distribution center in Chicago that has operated since 2005.

It also has mobile truck response team centers — technicians dispatched to assist grounded aircraft in need of repair, technical assistance, or parts — based in 13 states.

Overall, Bombardier said it employs 3,500 direct employees in the US.

And despite threats from Trump, it told Reuters on Wednesday that it wants to hire another 500, some of whom will work at a new service center set to open in Indiana in November.