 Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cited War is Boring's coverage during an interview with Hugh Hewitt in which he argued the F-35 program should be cancelled.This possibly helped spur a showdown between Trump and Lockheed Martin execs that Trump claimed reduced the cost of the program, though several analysts have questioned the savings.War is Boring reporter Joseph Trevithick obtained U.S. military documents that revealed possible mistakes by Coalition pilots in the war against Islamic State that could have resulted in greater civilian casualties than initially reported.