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by Anthony Capaccio
February 22, 2017, 6:14 PM EST
The Air Force cant account for $1 billion in savings that President Donald Trump said hes negotiated for the program to develop, purchase and operate two new Boeing Co. jets to serve as Air Force One.
To my knowledge I have not been told that we have that information, Colonel Pat Ryder, an Air Force spokesman, told reporters Wednesday when asked how Trump had managed to reduce the price for the new presidential plane. I refer you to the White House, Ryder said. A White House spokesman didnt respond to repeated inquiries about Trumps comments ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-22/air-force-stumped-by-trump-s-claim-of-1-billion-savings-on-jet
elleng
(130,964 posts)Rincewind
(1,203 posts)it's a three step process. Step one, claim the cost is $1 billion more than it actually is. Step two, claim you negotiated a $1billion cut. Step three, brag about the savings.
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)slingsam
(370 posts)duncang
(1,907 posts)By dropping the solid 24K gold toilet and bathroom fixtures he wanted. And only using solid 18k gold when they told him 24k is really soft and might collapse when he sat on it.
Vinca
(50,276 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)at those figures they'll find they have an Orange tinge to them
In other words he pulled them out of his fat ass
Nothing dRumpF is fact and that is a FACT