The Art of the Deal style winning. Ping.
So?
I love Trump keeping the “people” informed. Talk about transparency.
The man does know how to squeeze the tender bits. Having a Boeing exec listen in on his “fact finding” conversation with a Lockheed exec is pure and unadulterated genius. Machiavelli would be impressed.
If you know anything about the next gen fighter competition, the fix was in....you can watch a PBS NOVA program about the competition....
WE NEED more competition, not less! The gov in the last 20 years has allowed too many acquistions in the DOD aerospace market.
Time to make them compete again.
While we are at it, let’s create some new competitors!
Love it when the vindictive hubris of such creatures acts as a selfie of their underlying ignorance.
The headline implies Trump should be hanged at sunrise. The last sentence says nothing inappropriate happened.
Donald Jobs Trump working the phones.
Pray America woke
Seattle Times? Isn’t Seattle basically an extreme leftist camp?
Bull f’in chit.
Pierre Sprey — the man in the 10 minute video at the link — is one of the guys who designed the A-10, the BEST ground support aircraft in history. Also on the F16 team.
My guess is that Trump is aware of the PROBLEMS with the F35 and may be looking for EFFECTIVE cost saving alternatives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0VCH3Z044
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwimwf4Lww
There are several other interviews with Sprey nearby.
Let Lockheed and Boeing fight it out.
They will suddenly care how much money they save the Pentagon. No more multi million dollar contracts going to the highest bidder.
1. USA spends TONS of money to have a qualitative edge on Chinese
2. Companies hire Chinese engineers
3. China gets the tech
4. China builds similar stuff, closing the gap with blinding speed
5. USA company goes back to the taxpayer, “We need tons of new money to get back the qualitative superiority and keep Iowa Farm boy pilots safe..!”
6. USA company gets a bunch of new money
HOW DO US COMPANIES HAVE AN INTEREST IN MAINTAINING SECURITY...?
Sloppy security —> tons of money
Good security —> less money
Which one would most CEO’s chose...?
The answer is obvious and this game is getting really tiring.
I think the Boeing guy should have not participated in those calls for ethical reasons. He might have a problem if there are future competitions between firms now (and there will be).