Today it was Lockheed Martin’s turn to feel the Twitter burn from President-elect Donald Trump over the cost of the F-35 fighter jet program: Its stock dropped by as much as 5 percent after Trump’s complaint.
Share prices for other aerospace companies such as Boeing and Northrop Grumman went through twists and turns as well.
Trump set the stage for criticizing the $400 billion program on Dec. 9 when he complained about the cost of “some of the fighter jets that are being built.” Then, in today’s tweet, he specifically called out the F-35.
