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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on February 19, 2017, 01:09:05 PM
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President Trump said Saturday that he has reduced the price of two new Air Force One planes by more than $1 billion after spending about an hour on negotiations.
Trump previously slammed the cost of the $4.2 billion Boeing program on Twitter as being too high and secured a personal promise from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to complete the program for under $4 billion.
"I refuse to fly in a $4.2 billion plane," Trump said at his Melbourne, Fla., rally. "We've got that price down by over $1 billion and I probably haven't spoken for more than an hour on the project. I got the generals in who are fantastic … but I told Boeing that isn't good enough, the price is still too high."
Trump also suggested that the country may not buy two Air Force One jets that would replace the two current planes.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-an-hour-of-negotiations-saved-more-than-1-billion-on-air-force-one/article/2615258