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Several “breaking news announcements” were made Friday morning, as President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and Hegseth announced who has been chosen to build a new line of fighter jets for the U.S.: Boeing.
From The Hill: The Pentagon will award its next-generation fighter jet contract to Boeing, a deal initially worth more than $20 billion, President Trump announced Friday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The Next Generation Air Dominance program, an F-47 fighter jet, will replace Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor with an aircraft meant to fight alongside drones, Trump announced at the White House.
Boeing and Lockheed were competing for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the contract for the sixth-generation fighter jet, a winner-take-all approach that grants the victor hundreds of billions of dollars over the program’s lifetime.
The new fighter jet will be named after Trump: F-47. “The generals picked the title… it’s a beautiful number,” Trump said.
.@POTUS and @SecDef announce the F-47, “the world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet.” pic.twitter.com/kip4Vbwmrn
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
“The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built. An experimental version of the plane has secretly been flying for almost five years, and we’re confident that it massively overpowers capabilities of any other nation,” Trump announced.
.@POTUS: “The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built. An experimental version of the plane has secretly been flying for almost 5 years and we’re confident that it massively overpowers the capabilities of any other nation.” pic.twitter.com/J33fjUogs5
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
“This is a big day for our warfighters. This is a big day for our country, a big day in the world … America is going to have generations in the future of air dominance because of this sixth-generation fighter,” Secretary Hegseth said.
.@SecDef on the new F-47: “This is a big day for our warfighters. This is a big day for our country, a big day in the world … America is going to have generations in the future of air dominance because of this sixth-generation fighter.” pic.twitter.com/fe3V9oFaWO
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted an image of the F-47 on social media:
F-47 — SICCCCCK🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/T5e1y9ql5n
— Dan Scavino (@Scavino47) March 21, 2025
Air Force Chief of Staff David Allvin then posted a video showing the progression of America’s fighter jets, ending with an epic image of the new F-47.
From the legacy of yesterday to the future of combat, your @USAirForce will continue to own the skies with the world’s first 6th-generation fighter jet: the F-47. pic.twitter.com/TcFHEdEbGq
— General David Allvin (@OfficialCSAF) March 21, 2025
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) announced, “Big day for Missouri. Big day for America. The F-47 next generation fighter that will dominate the skies and protect America will be built in St. Louis. This has been a big priority for me & for the people of my state and I want to thank President Trump for his leadership.🇺🇸”
Big day for Missouri.
Big day for America.
The F-47 next generation fighter that will dominate the skies and protect America will be built in St. Louis.
This has been a big priority for me & for the people of my state and I want to thank President Trump for his leadership.🇺🇸
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) March 21, 2025
President Trump also announced what will happen to certain critical programs, now that the Department of Education is being dismantled.
He said the Small Business Administration will now handle all the federal student loan programs, and will be serviced much better than it has in the past.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be handling the programs for children with disabilities and special needs, and all the nutrition programs.
🚨 President Trump announces that the SBA will begin handling student loans — and that HHS will handle the special needs and nutrition programs.
“Coming out of the Department of Education immediately.” pic.twitter.com/2gbz2n2Q7s
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
President Trump then responded to a number of questions from reporters:
.@POTUS responds to @GovTimWalz: “He’s a loser” pic.twitter.com/FTTlyJTUWS
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
.@POTUS on Tren de Aragua: “They’re a group of thugs that… come from the prisons of Venezuela. They’re dangerous people, but they didn’t look so dangerous when the guards took care of the situation from El Salvador, and I want to thank the President, @nayibbukele.” pic.twitter.com/drg7XZolDC
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
REPORTER: Do you think you have the power to arrest illegal immigrant criminals and deport them?@POTUS: That’s what the law says. You should be asking, ‘Did Biden have the authority to open the border and let millions of totally unvetted people into our country?’ pic.twitter.com/VnwlLvCGiJ
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
.@POTUS on Russia and Ukraine: I think we have the confines of a deal. I’m doing it for two reasons: Thousands of people are being killed every week and the United States has paid, because of Biden, $350 billion on a war that should have never happened. pic.twitter.com/d07pfWtT5c
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
REPORTER: The two astronauts that you just helped save from space, they didn’t get any overtime pay…@POTUS: “If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket… and I want to thank @elonmusk by the way because think if we don’t have him.” pic.twitter.com/b86RanXggp
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 21, 2025
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