TRUMP TWEETED this morning – “Cancel 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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2016
Speaking to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Tuesday morning, Trump was asked about the tweet.
“Well the plane is totally out of control,” he said, adding the costs are “ridiculous.”
“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.”
According to Boeing’s website, the aerospace giant is planning on replacing the two 747-200 planes that serve as Air Force One with 747-8s, which they say is the fastest commercial jet in the world and emits less greenhouse gas.
One Trump supporter on Capitol Hill echoed the president-elect’s concern about the plane’s price tag.
“We need to look into the costs, we really do,” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) told The Hill Tuesday morning. “I’m a big fan of Boeing, they’re in South Carolina and they’ve been great corporate neighbors, but we do need to look at the cost of it.”
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