The Trump name and Elon Musk’s preference for drones over traditional jet fighters helped send the shares of a drone maker into the stratosphere. On Sunday, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX criticized the F-35,

The Trump name and Elon Musk’s preference for drones relative to traditional jet fighters are helping to send the shares of a maker of unpiloted aircraft into the stratosphere. On Sunday, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX criticized the F-35,

Pity the poor F-35 Lightning II. Though she’s the pride and joy of Lockheed Martin’s legendary “Skunk Works” division and has been praised by her foreign users, she is the proverbial “unloved redheaded stepchild” of the fifth-generation stealth fighter world.

The person soon to be in charge of cutting federal spending is blasting a Lockheed Martin jet. Billionaire Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, said Tuesday, Nov. 26, on X that the U.S. should pull the plug on the Lockheed-Martin’s F-35.

On his social media platform, X, he reposted a video of synchronized drone swarms flying in elaborate formations and added, “Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like the F-35.