microblog · @POTUS · state · 11 January 2026, 12:40
Everything runs on computers now. Computers go down. Ask the Air Force.
The severance was executed at 03:00 the previous morning on his authorisation, as option one of three presented to him on 4 January. The briefing estimated 72 to 96 hours to degradation. It was accurate.
Compiling reports from four countries. Pattern is consistent: aircraft that are already flying keep flying. Aircraft that need a maintenance system to release them do not get released. That is a very specific kind of failure.
Q: Mr President, five allied air forces say their F-35s stopped flying yesterday. Did we do that? A: I don't know anything about that. Ask the Air Force. Those are great planes. We make the best planes in the world. Q: They say the data feeds were cut from our…
The Department does not comment on the technical status of partner nation sustainment networks. U.S. commitments to allied readiness are unchanged.