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By Emily Singer - March 19, 2019
The cost of two new Air Force One planes is $1.4 billion more than the White House initially said.
Trump has long touted his ability to lower the cost of two new Air Force One planes, puffing his chest and bragging that he got the cost of the new jets down to $3.9 billion.
However, Government Executive reports that the actual price tag for the Air Force One project is $5.3 billion, according to the fiscal year 2020 budget proposal the Pentagon submitted this week.
That's far, far higher than the $3.9 billion price Trump claimed to negotiate for the planes, and is actually higher than the initial $5 billion estimate the White House said the project would cost before Trump helped "negotiate" the price down.
Back in February 2017, when Trump first announced the deal, he bragged about his negotiating skills and how they helped save taxpayers money on the new Air Force One planes.
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JI7
(89,180 posts)turbinetree
(24,632 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)duforsure
(11,882 posts)And wouldn't trust using them , or them being secure.
Golden Raisin
(4,600 posts)recycled Aeroflot parts.
magicarpet
(13,941 posts)..... right into Putin's office.
Vinca
(50,170 posts)people's money. Why would he change his ways now? When the big crash comes, he's likely to be out of office and will be blaming the Democratic POTUS trying to clean up his mess.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)and he lies - that simple - it's all lies
Codeine
(25,586 posts)spanone
(135,635 posts)jcgoldie
(11,584 posts)I'll give you $5.3 billion and not a penny more!
...Art of the deal.