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Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Here's Why Trump Is 100% Right To Blast Boeing

President-elect Donald Trump fired a shot across the bow of aerospace giant Boeing on Tuesday morning. In a tweet, Trump noted his displeasure with the price tag associated with the $4 billion price tag associated with the building a pair of Boeing 747s to serve as Air Force Ones, and even suggested the U.S. government cancel the order.
Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!
When asked about his comment by a reporter later in the day, Trump reiterated his objections.

"The plane is totally out of control. It’s going to be over $4 billion for the Air Force One program and I think it’s ridiculous,” Trump later said to a reporter at Trump Tower. "I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money."

Boeing has responded to the President-elect's statement, saying they look forward to delivering "the best value" for taxpayers.

So, was Donald Trump out of line to publicly blast Boeing? Hardly.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

No he was completely right. Let other businesses know that the era of $25.00 hammers is over.

Anonymous said...

I'm pleased that somebody, besides the Kleptocrats, are looking out for OUR taxpayer dollars !

Anonymous said...

$25 heck that was 1984. Try $250 from the latest pentagon documents released under foia

Anonymous said...

Parts are routinely replaced on Air Force One at 30% of life expectancy. It's pricey no matter what way you look at it.

Anonymous said...

Let the world leaders come to us! PROBLEM SOLVED!

Anonymous said...

Trump knows business he is just trying to save taxpayers billions of dollars that Obama would have had no problem spending. Yea! Go Trump.

Anonymous said...

Plenty of $25+ hammers at home depot.