Trump just said the US sold Norway F-52s — but no such aircraft exists

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President Donald Trump said the US had sold Norway F-52 fighter jets during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Wednesday.

But no such aircraft exists. The president may have misspoke because the US has sold Norway 52 F-35s.

Oslo received the first three last November.

Trump is getting roasted on Twitter for his gaffe:

F-52s? Oh boy. Bet the Marines are gonna want a STOVL version. — Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) January 10, 2018

Did Trump just say F-52?#Norway — Christina (@chris_ortiz26) January 10, 2018

The F-52's capabilities look really impressive pic.twitter.com/WI2DzIaQwt — Alexander Clarkson (@APHClarkson) January 10, 2018

Some commenters are jokingly asking if Trump plays "Call of Duty," which features an aircraft called an F-52:

SunkCoastTheory on January 10th, 2018 at 21:59 UTC »

The article is citing the thoughts of a bunch of random Twitter users? Are you fucking kidding?

said the US had sold Norway F-52 fighter jets during a joint press

The president may have misspoke because the US has sold Norway 52 F-35s.

RicoculusPrime on January 10th, 2018 at 21:47 UTC »

So we're selling DLC to other countries now?

http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/F-52

ravenofshadow on January 10th, 2018 at 21:24 UTC »

What he meant to say was the US sold Norway the B-52s. We just struck a deal to sell the entire rights of the new wave band's greatest hits. Winning.