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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaster-negotiator Trump whittled price for next Air Force One from 4 billion down to 5.2 billion.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/8/1877431/-Surprise-After-Trump-s-bragged-about-deal-new-Air-Force-One-bill-soars-to-5-2-billionDonald Trump has put in a great deal of effort in bragging that he was able, through his Unparalleled Business Guy Powers, to slash the price of the newly planned Air Force One planes by over a billion dollars. (He did this by asking Boeing to lower the price, something that no past leader had ever considered. Truly, a master of the art form.)
Surprise! The cost of the new planes, which was once said to be $3.2 billion after Trump said he had negotiated it down from about $4 billion, but which his staff claimed was actually going to be $5 billion in order to support Trump's claim that he was saving $1.4 billon, actually turns out to be $5.2 billion.
Surprise! The cost of the new planes, which was once said to be $3.2 billion after Trump said he had negotiated it down from about $4 billion, but which his staff claimed was actually going to be $5 billion in order to support Trump's claim that he was saving $1.4 billon, actually turns out to be $5.2 billion.
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Master-negotiator Trump whittled price for next Air Force One from 4 billion down to 5.2 billion. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Aug 2019
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LuckyCharms
(17,236 posts)1. The title of this OP...
Demovictory9
(32,297 posts)2. lol. a negative discount
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)3. More (not) Winning!
What a jackass (apologies to jackasses everywhere).
Midnight Writer
(21,469 posts)4. Gold fixtures jack up the price pretty quickly.
safeinOhio
(32,461 posts)5. Right up there with his promise
that those huge tax cuts for the rich will pay for themselves.
Vinca
(50,150 posts)6. And they thought no one could bankrupt the Air Force . . .
Easy as bankrupting a casino.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)7. Glad drumpf won't ever have the opportunity to fly in it!
DFW
(53,932 posts)8. Sit them down, give them a cup of covfefe, and they are putty in your hands
Trump had those greedy Boeing execs right where he wanted them, so he gave them everything they wanted.
Now THERE is a businessman if ever I saw one! I heard he came close to selling Mississippi to the Chinese for $10. The deal didn't go through because China wouldn't go that extra dollar, but they were CLOSE!
former9thward
(31,684 posts)9. The article at the link is nearly unreadable.
But aside from that it contains no link whatsoever to any of the figures used in the article. Where are they getting it from?
Takket
(21,353 posts)10. Whelp.... installing a fully functional McDonalds
And KFC on an airplane cant be cheap!!!
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)11. He actually did negotiate the price down to $3 billion
the $2.2 billion extra is for kickbacks to his family and to help pay down his loans to Russian mobsters and Saudi princes.