[11] Trappier was disappointed by the failure of a deal to build a multi-national technology demonstrator of a combat drone for $2.5 billion because the British government pulled the subsidy.

[14] In June 2022 Trappier called for mediation in discussions he was having over the three-party intra-European conglomeration that aimed to build the FCAS fighter jet.

[16] In January 2023 Trappier complained that the Russo-Ukrainian war and attendant sanctions created problems in the European supply chain of some materials and energy.

[16] In May 2023 Dassault was seen to be advancing work on the next-generation Rafale fighter jet in spite of the FCAS partnership it had signed with the Germans and the Spanish.

[18] On 23 May 2023 Trappier railed against the Commission of the European Union because they had excluded business jets from their list of "green industries" which "can be considered sustainable investments" and thus would be removed from subsidy.