Trump wants to have a twin-engine version of the F-35, dubbing it the F-55. It’ll be similar to the Chinese J-35 which is in production & going to Pakistan. Should’ve just copied China, stupid ;)

Trump wants to have a twin-engine version of the F-35, dubbing it the F-55.

So similar to the Chinese J-35.

From this we can delve into an interesting rabbit hole, comparing the efficiency of Chinese armament industry vs their US counterparts.
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— Zhao DaShuai 东北进修🇨🇳 (@zhao_dashuai) May 16, 2025

The F-35 should’ve been a twin engine setup from the start. They were forced to use a single engine, because of the useless F-35B STOVL (short takeoff vertical landing) variant for the marines.